"Adventure is something out of the usual pattern,……" — Bertrand Piccard
"Adventure is something out of the usual pattern, a point at which you cannot avoid confronting the unknown, so that you have to dig inside yourself to find the courage and resources to deal with what may lie ahead, and to succeed."
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16 Quotes by Bertrand Piccard
Bertrand Piccard has 16 quotes on this site.
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I am with the angels and just completely happy.
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The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but…
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Nothing can prevent us from another day and night, and the myth of perpetual flight.
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We know that dreams fuel innovation.
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If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one…
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Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration…
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The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us…
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In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight…
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Pioneering spirit should continue, not to conquer the planet or space ... but rather to improve the quality of life.
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Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life…
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What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves…
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When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S.…
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
— Aristophanes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
— Neil Armstrong
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
— David Attenborough
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
— James M. Barrie
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
— Mary Ritter Beard
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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