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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner...

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.

Quote by Edward Abbey about things

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb...

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

Quote by Hector Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac about solitude

I was going into these very sad, lonely places, as well as all the physical stuff I was dealing with to make the movie: I was naked, shackled, and cold; they were putting bugs in my hair; and that was a real rat climbing up my leg.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about real estate

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I...

And still I'm not completely happy with my skating. I always feel I can do more and climb higher.

Quote by Oksana Baiul about happiness

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley...

We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

Quote by George W. Bush about peace

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

Quote by Michael Caine

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

Quote by Frank Herbert about tests, end

After making Titus I decided to take a year out and apart from a small part in Mission Impossible 2 which took 10 days, I went back to LA and literally tended the flowers in the garden, walked on the beach, climbed the mountains, drove my car and...

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about flowers, garden, impossible, day

The weight of the dead body you'll have to carry is...

The weight of the dead body you'll have to carry is proportional to the amount of stairs you'll have to climb.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, body

A virtually infinite number of wide-eyed and inquisitive school-aged children can climb into the back of any Ambulance, and, given the opportunity, invariably will.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, chance, infinite, numbers, school, children

The chances the elevator isn't work is inversely...

The chances the elevator isn't work is inversely proportional to the weight you are carrying multiplied by the number of stairs you'll have to climb.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about chance, numbers, work

If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really...

Quote by Donny Osmond about life, purpose, time

People have become inappropriate. People have pushed too...

People have become inappropriate. People have pushed too far. People have climbed one too many fences. I'm just tired of it.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about people

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could...

I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about thinking

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but...

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Quote by George S. Patton about succes, measure, man

We are climbing tiptoe on illusions, we are stepping on...

We are climbing tiptoe on illusions, we are stepping on mud stairs.

Quote by Ionuț Caragea about destiny

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

Quote by William Faulkner about film, man

True religion must fight against Evil in man and be aside him, being the only way to avoid existing Evil of the human self in another type of Evil that will be closer to Good or could even surpass it in Goodness. It will consequently determine...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about religion, self-control, human imperfections, perfection, being, fight, good, good luck, man

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs...

A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.

Quote by Edith Wharton about poetry, celebrity, poets, man

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there...

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Quote by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela about opinion

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