They watched storms out there so distant they could not be heard, the silent lightning flaring sheetwise and the thin black spine… — Cormac McCarthy 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
“Diversity is climbing’s greatest strength. There’s no way to get bored! Each game is so difficult, most people spend their lives trying… — Chris Noble Copy Share Image
Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple… — William Devane Copy Share Image
I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing,… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
I have to say that it was working with my grandpa, who grew up on a farm in Mountain Home, Idaho, that… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
For me, chemistry is trust. If you have trust you can risk together. It's like a partnership and it means you can… — James Marsters Copy Share Image
Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray--with your head bowed in silence, or crying out… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
An iceberg is water striving to be land; a mountain, especially a Himalaya, especially Everest, is land's attempt to metamorphose into sky;… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I now suspect that just as a deer herd lives in mortal fear of its wolves, so does a mountain live in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The mountain of history books under which we all stand leans so heavily in the other direction-so tremblingly respectful of states and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards.… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
The poet's role has changed over the centuries, the ages. The poets, the griots, used to be the keepers of the facts;… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just… — Alex Honnold Copy Share Image
I can answer that only by hearsay, returned the Guide, for pain is a secret which he has shared with your race… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe, whither it is a slight insult to the gods to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Los Angeles is a very magical place when you take the entertainment industry out of it. You have beautiful beaches and amazing… — Alex Pettyfer Copy Share Image
Often the deep valleys of our PRESENT will be UNDERSTOOD only by LOOKING BACK on them from the mountains of our FUTURE… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The first 600 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, before you get into the Sierra Nevada mountain range, is heavy on desert.… — Jay Duplass Copy Share Image
A daughter of a King of Ireland, heard A voice singing on a May Eve like this, And followed half awake and… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I started to become more active and when I was at Auckland Grammar I went for the first time to the mountains.… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Not only during the ascent, but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
See the mountains kiss high Heaven And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdained its brother;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Each of us has a mountain to climb. To reach the summit you need to understand who you are and what you… — Rich Hungerford Copy Share Image
Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The pursuit of God is not a part-time, weekend exercise. If it is, chances are you will experience a part-time, weekend freedom.… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
I failed on a climbing problem eight times before realizing I was climbing as high as I knew I could and then… — Royal Robbins Copy Share Image
If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always,… — Martin Gore Copy Share Image
In most sports, your brain and your body will cooperate... But in rock climbing, it is the other way around. Your brain… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away ere break of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is… — Douglas Hyde Copy Share Image
For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
The mountain is high, the valley is low, and you're confused on which way to go. So I've come here to give… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
We're in a classic demand-shortfall recession. There aren't enough jobs because total spending is too low. Consumers won't lead the way because… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses,… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
If economic catastrophe does come, will it be a time that draws Christians together to share every resource we have, or will… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
