Mount Everest Quotes

39 quotes by 32 authors

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
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
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career. — Abdul Kalam
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
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
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory
Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or fame. It is… — James E. Faust
People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it were Mount Everest. Too silly! — Aldous Huxley
There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like… — Ari Fleischer
No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time. — Edmund Hillary
I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. They don't give… — Edmund Hillary
The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and… — George Leigh Mallory
If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame. — Tenzing Norgay
We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we… — Douglas Hofstadter
I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling, although I'm totally… — Yuichiro Miura
You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in a heap, puking… — Chris McCormack
There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer… — John Frankenheimer
But now that I was finally here, standing on the summit of Mount Everest, I just couldn't summon the energy to care. — Jon Krakauer
I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they… — Al McGuire

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