“I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“His was one of those well-groomed reputations that get the most out of everything; any unusual holiday acquires the character of an… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
But unless some great revolution in nature modifies the present relative level between land and sea, it may safely be maintained that… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The… — Ryszard Kapuscinski Copy Share Image
It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Point-to-point transit via low orbit could dramatically speed up international flights, connecting the world even further. And safe, consistent space travel opens… — Ben Parr Copy Share Image
Space exploration has taken a tremendous technological leap. India as a developing nation has been recognized globally for how it has economized… — Rakesh Sharma Copy Share Image
In 1979 I teamed up with my friend and business partner, Bill DeWitt, and together we formed an oil and gas company… — Mercer Reynolds Copy Share Image
No nation can advance unless the old ideals of exploration and adventure are lived. There must be lives lost in flying, as… — Sophie Copy Share Image
We risk great peril if we kill off this spirit of adventure, for we cannot predict how and in what seemingly unrelated… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I read a ton of nonfiction. I tend to read about a lot of very extreme situations, life-or-death situations. I'm very interested… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
“The ship reacted to each fresh wave of pressure in a different way. Sometimes she simply quivered briefly as a human being… — Alfred Lansing Copy Share Image
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am no scientist. I explore the neighborhood. An infant who has just learned to hold up his head has a frank… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker Copy Share Image
“Stanley must have realized that this postponement would probably be fatal. But while he did not give up, he never for a… — Tim Jeal Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a very successful businessman. He started off as an engineer, but moved to sales to management to executive over… — Hank Green Copy Share Image
By reigniting the exploration role of our government Lewises and Clarks within and enabled by the infrastructure and economic drive of commercial… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
In the process of ego, in the process of lobbying and in the process of just criticising for stake of criticism or… — Veerappa Moily Copy Share Image
“I was an adventurer, but she was not an adventuress. She was a 'wanderess.' Thus, she didn’t care about money, only experiences… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Water, like many other resources, is harvested, transported and used throughout all aspects of society. Unlike other resources, water is critical to… — Edward Burtynsky Copy Share Image
I was interested in flying beginning at age 7, when a close family friend took me in his little airplane. And I… — David M. Brown Copy Share Image
I grew up in California. I was outside of the city, not directly in it. So I did have an experience of… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“We only know a tiny proportion about the complexity of the natural world. Wherever you look, there are still things we don’t… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I am a lover of truth; and if you think of truth as being multifaceted and so huge that we human beings… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We always had National Geographic and Astronomy magazines and Popular Mechanics lying around the house. I got interested in exploration and different… — Christina Koch Copy Share Image
The view of the moon that we've been having recently is really spectacular. It fills about three-quarters of the hatch window, and… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
The thing for me is, what if one returns to these maxims, these rather simplistic maxims "Be the change you want to… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
It is this breathtaking image [of] success that motivates us and motivates kids to follow and understand rocket science: to understand the… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
“But first whom shall we send In search of this new world, whom shall we find Sufficient? Who shall tempt, with wand'ring… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space. Moreover, all our knowledge of… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
“it’s in our nature to seek both autonomy and relatedness. We often seek support from others to undertake new adventures in our… — Kent Hoffman Copy Share Image
Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about… — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research,… — Donald Tusk Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power-and power of one sort or another is the secret lust of human souls; and here is, beside the sense… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
There is a legend that when God was equipping man for his long life journey of exploration, the attendant good angel was… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
There's no question that you can explore aspects of yourself through roles that you play, and you get a chance to investigate… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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