Climbs Quotes
761 Climbs quotes by 586 unique authors
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I've climbed with some of the best climbers in the world, more importantly, to me, they are some of the best people in the world.…
— Jim Wickwire
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If you want to climb it badly enough, you will. So... why bother ?
— Doug Scott
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Our ascent, of course, does not end the possibility for new accomplishments on El Capitan. The day will probably come when this climb will be…
— Royal Robbins
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My next climb is going to be a tourist troll in a wheelchair.
— Allen Steck
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Personally, I would rather climb in the high mountains. I have always abhorred the tremendous heat, the dirt-filled cracks, the ant-covered foul-smelling trees and bushes…
— Yvon Chouinard
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Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how fast and efficiently…
— Yvon Chouinard
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Vy can't ve chust climb !
— John Salathe
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The higher the goal, the harder the climb, but after that the bigger the muscle the, smarter the mind.
— Big Sean
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Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense hunger.…
— Jon Krakauer
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The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat.
— Ed Viesturs
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Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the…
— Frederic Chopin
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The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons of men, and…
— John Owen
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A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.
— Robert Musil
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I feel there’s an existential angst among young people. I didn’t have that. They see enormous mountains, where I only saw one little hill to…
— Sergey Brin
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No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence.
— S. Truett Cathy
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Worse, I have to admit to feeling the jealousy of one crab for another that has managed to climb out of the barrel.
— Richard Russo
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In the time of my parents, before World War One, most people who came to New Zealand from Europe were the more enterprising people; the…
— Maurice Wilkins
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A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
— Margaret Thatcher
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The escalator seems to me to typify this: It leads us up, by climbing on our behalf. Yes, it doesn't even climb, it flies. Each…
— Joseph Roth
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Socialist ideology, like so many others, has two main dangers. One stems from confused and incomplete readings of foreign texts, and the other from the…
— Jose Marti
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The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength. We wouldn't touch rock if we were perfectly self-controlled. And he who…
— Royal Robbins
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Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.
— Royal Robbins
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Better we raise our skill than lower the climb
— Royal Robbins
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In Beverly Hills, the higher you climb, the farther you fall.
— Brandi Glanville
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