Ridge Quotes

56 quotes by 47 authors

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. — Daniel Boone
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached… — Lyndon B. Johnson
At Waco, was there really an urgency to get those people out of the compound at that particular time? Was the press going to make… — Clint Eastwood
The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined… — Esme Cecil Wingfield-Stratford
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains [of the Brooks Range in Alaska] make one want to go on and on… — William O. Douglas
What is such a resource worth? Anything it costs. If we never hike it or step into its shade, if we only drive by occasionally… — Wallace Stegner
I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now,… — Gautama Buddha
I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge. — Elton Gallegly
More investment trusts securities were offered in September of 1929 even than in August - the total was above $600 million. However, the nearly simultaneous… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Cold air rises from the ground as the sun goes down.Â The eye-burning clarity of the light intensifies. The southern rim of the sky glows… — John Austin Baker
Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive one, and the soles of… — Robert Macfarlane
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view. — Fridtjof Nansen
We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River to… — Roy Barnes
A man on a hiking trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains came to the top of a hill and saw, just below the crest, a… — James Keller
The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will be the lonely… — Alfred Wainwright
We took a straight course up the great snow ridge. — Hudson Stuck
Men need to know the elemental challenges that sea and mountains present. They need to know what it is to be alive and to survive… — William O. Douglas
The end of the ridge and the end of the world... then nothing but that clear, empty air. There was nowhere else to climb. I… — Stacy Allison
I have seen landscapes . . . which, under a particular light, make me feel that at any moment a giant might raise his head… — C.S. Lewis
All sound heard at the greatest possible distance produces one and the same effect, a vibration of the universal lyre, just as the intervening atmosphere… — Henry David Thoreau

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