Everest Quotes

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The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top. — Pete Dye
Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but… — Edmund Hillary
Do you think the people who were trying to reach to the Everest were not full of doubts? For a hundred years, how many people… — Rajneesh
If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side? — George Carlin
We have dominated and overruled nature, and from now on the earth is ours, a kitchen garden until we learn to make our own chlorophyll… — Lewis Thomas
Meditation is the technique of inner conquest - and that is the real challenge. Those who have any guts should accept the inner challenge. It… — Rajneesh
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career. — Abdul Kalam
The pursuit of science has often been compared to the scaling of mountains, high and not so high. But who amongst us can hope, even… — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it.… — John F. Kennedy
I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain. — Junko Tabei
Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream — Junko Tabei
When Reinhold Messner returned from the first solo climb of Everest, he was severely dehydrated, and utterly exhausted; he fell down most of the last… — Kim Stanley
I fed my Yak on my spare Cadbury chocolate 21,0000ft up Everest. It was a blonde, very sweet female Yak. I made it my pet… — Brian Blessed
Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit, it was a… — Roger Bannister
The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself. — Bear Grylls
Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the… — Amy Johnson
I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be here, so I… — Anatoli Boukreev
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start… — George R. R. Martin
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory
I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book — Sara Paretsky

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