Backbone Quote by Jodi Picoult

We don't train executives, we find them. If a mountain stands up like Everest, you don't have to be a genius to figure out…

— Charlie Munger

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…

— Roger Bannister

“In bed, I could climb in, if you ever rest. Then I could mount you like Everest.”

— Jarod Kintz

The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process…

— Yvon Chouinard

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

— George Leigh Mallory

At a time when it's possible for thirty people to stand on the top of Everest in one day, Antarctica still remains a remote,…

— David Attenborough

I was never comfortable with the risk of climbing in the Himalayas, or the amount of time in idleness that is involved in the…

— Steve Fossett

I have a very different fear if I'm all alone in the summit area of Mount Everest and if I know that there is…

— Reinhold Messner

“Food for thought: Every dead body on Mount Everest was once a highly motivated person. Stay lazy my friends. It may save your life…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

Mount Everest is a very spiritual place, it's a beautiful mountain.

— Lewis Pugh

Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in…

— Amy Johnson

Placing my buttocks on a cold toilet seat is my climbing Mount Everest.

— Anonymous