As a member of an escorted tour, you don't even have to know the Matterhorn isn't a tuba. — Temple Fielding Copy Share Image
Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight… — Jayson Blair Copy Share Image
There can be no conquest to the man who dwells in the narrow and small environment of a groveling life, and there… — Matthew Henson Copy Share Image
Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit and there… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
We recorded Star Climbing over a three-year period between our studios, working on songs and lyrics until we felt like we had… — Stuart Price Copy Share Image
Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
It's the climbing that makes the man. Getting to the top is an extra reward. — Robert Lipsyte Copy Share Image
In the middle of a recession, where we're just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Spiritual guidance needs guidance. It's like comparing walking on the ground and mountain climbing. Once you learn how to walk, you can… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
For me, climbing is a form of exploration that inspires me to confront my own inner nature within nature. It’s a means… — Lynn Hill Copy Share Image
As a four-year-old, my mother told me I was climbing the fence, jumping off and calling myself an 'eppyplane'... I bought books… — Nancy Bird Walton Copy Share Image
Historically, many of the great names in alpine climbing seemed to have just gone climbing as training. In fact, the model alpinist… — Steve House Copy Share Image
A man does not climb a mountain without bringing some of it away with him, and leaving something of himself upon it. — Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington Copy Share Image
“Despite the dangers and discomforts, climbing is for many an all-consuming passion. They interrupt, end, or never start their careers, focusing exclusively… — Bob Madgic Copy Share Image
I think anything that you put your life's energy into becomes part of your identity. It would be difficult for the Rolling… — Jim Bridwell Copy Share Image
I feel like I've gotten to a point where I don't know if it can get much bigger. I've been climbing and… — Flume Copy Share Image
The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty-climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe. — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Bouldering is like masturbation: not as good as the real thing but you don't need to worry about your protection. — Scott Grimes Copy Share Image
Don't point your finger to the heights your children should go. Start climbing and they will follow. — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
You guys going up? Yes, yes, we go up. You may be going a lot higher than you think! — Don Whillans Copy Share Image
