I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea. — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
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… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
We are not talking about esthetics. We are talking about life: survival of Man. We must train young people to get another vision of… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
“Progress can today be defined as man's ability to complicate simplicity.” — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
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… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
It says in the Bible, in plain words, that God made a self-portrait. He created man in His own image - man and woman… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be. — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Any scientist can testify that a dead ocean means a dead planet … No national law, no national precautions can save the planet. The… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
“It was a great moment on board when two large boobies were spotted above the horizon to westward” — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
Man invents the most inhuman armaments to assault others so like himself that uniforms are needed to distinguish between friend and foe. — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
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… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
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… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign. — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting… — Thor Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
