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> [Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? I guarantee nothing but a free trip to Peru and the South Sea islands and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/am-going-to-cross-pacific-on-a-wooden-raft-to-support-a-theory-that/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

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## More by Thor Heyerdahl

> [One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/one-learns-more-from-listening-than-speaking-and-both-the-wind-and/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [We are not talking about esthetics. We are talking about life: survival of Man. We must train young people to get another vision of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/we-are-not-talking-about-esthetics-we-are-talking-about-life-survival/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [“Progress can today be defined as man's ability to complicate simplicity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/progress-can-today-be-defined-as-man-s-ability-to-complicate/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it exists. I've felt this again and again, when alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/i-have-never-been-able-to-grasp-the-meaning-of-time-i-don-t-believe/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [It says in the Bible, in plain words, that God made a self-portrait. He created man in His own image - man and woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/it-says-in-the-bible-in-plain-words-that-god-made-a-self-portrait-he/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/therefore-i-feel-convinced-that-any-political-picture-can-be-changed/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/am-going-to-cross-pacific-on-a-wooden-raft-to-support-a-theory-that/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [Any scientist can testify that a dead ocean means a dead planet … No national law, no national precautions can save the planet. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/any-scientist-can-testify-that-a-dead-ocean-means-a-dead-planet-no/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [“It was a great moment on board when two large boobies were spotted above the horizon to westward”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/it-was-a-great-moment-on-board-when-two-large-boobies-were-spotted/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [Man invents the most inhuman armaments to assault others so like himself that uniforms are needed to distinguish between friend and foe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/man-invents-the-most-inhuman-armaments-to-assault-others-so-like/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/it-is-also-rarer-to-find-happiness-in-a-man-surrounded-by-the/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [But if we begin thinking about the world being over 100 million years old, then it's absolutely by chance that you and I are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/but-if-we-begin-thinking-about-the-world-being-over-100-million-years/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/surrounded-by-military-airplanes-and-warships-from-the-world-s-most/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/it-is-progress-when-a-centuries-old-oak-is-cut-down-to-give-space-for/)

[Thor Heyerdahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thor-heyerdahl/)

> [In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thor-heyerdahl/in-fighting-nature-man-can-win-every-battle-except-the-last-if-he/)

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