Adventurers Quotes

45 quotes by 43 authors

Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or… — James Buchan
It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best… — John Henrik Clarke
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need… — Isabel Allende
We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only alive. — Alexander Eliot
Chance is the providence of adventurers. — Laurence Sterne
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged adventurers… — Jean Batten
None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers. — Pearl S. Buck
Let us not fool ourselves into thinking we went to the Moon because we are pioneers, or discoverers, or adventurers. We went to the Moon… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire that urged the… — Jean Batten
Adventurers tend to prance about the ladder of success, fearing less the sensation of a great fall than the humility of hanging idle. — Mike Caro
Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well. — Renzo Piano
Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers. — Philip Freneau
This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour. — Steve Fossett
There are those who keep out of mischief, and there are the adventurers, â€˜ he said. â€œWe racing drivers are adventurers; the more difficult something… — Juan Manuel Fangio
It is war that wastes a nations wealth, chokes its industries, kills its flower, narrows its sympathies, condemns it to be governed by adventurers, and… — George Santayana
If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this.… — Moustapha Akkad
Today we see the steady stream from the countryside to the city, deadly for the Volk. The cities swell ever larger, unnerving the Volk and… — Alfred Rosenberg
May you find the courage to walk your own path. May you dare to venture into the uncharted domains of your own heart. Here is… — Yossi Ghinsberg
Anthropology has been compared to a great region, marked out indeed as within the sphere of influence of science, but unsettled and for the most… — H.G. Wells
My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets… — Bruce Sterling

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