Top 702 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Explorers - Page 4

In every island of the Aegaean Sea, on almost every barren rock I might say, are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire; and if the race was not far advanced in the arts of civilisation, it must at all events have had great numerical force.

Attribution is power.

The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

I'm not particularly gifted; I'm not genetically freakish in any sense; I'm absolutely average.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

I voted against this Indian bill, and my conscience yet tells me that I gave a good, honest vote, and one that I believe will not make me ashamed in the day of judgment.

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.

So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before.

In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting its own umbilical cord.

The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

I climbed nine mountains because I love adventure, and I got addicted to that feeling and I never wanted to stop. I wanted to see what I could accomplish. I finally can say that I stood on top of the world.

My work is as an ethnographic rescuer: a conduit between past and future generations. The urgency of this effort cannot be overstated.

Now being in such grace and favor by reason I learned him some points of geometry and understanding of the art of mathematics with other things, I pleased him so that what I said he would not contrary.

The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge; man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, is no longer a man.

The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.

As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Better it were not to live than to live a coward.

Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!

Independent thinkers are usually geniuses or idiots and at times it's hard to tell which.

It was the nearest to a casualty on the Spray in her whole course, so far as I know. The young man having come on board with compliments made the mishap most embarrassing.

A marine ecologist is a scientist who studies the many species that live underwater and how they interact with each other and with humans.

I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.

May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition!

Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows.

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them.

Hell hath no fury like a politican scorned.

Protect the ocean and you protect yourself.

The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers.

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips. Unless President Hayes is a strong man, they will soon come to boast that their government is composed of the 'biggest scoundrels' in the world.

Fish banks are areas we set aside without fishing, reserves where we allow marine life to come back.

But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even in the U.S., people aren't aware of problems facing water.

Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it

The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name.

Life to me is the greatest of all games. The danger lies in treating it as a trivial game, a game to be taken lightly, and a game in which the rules don't matter much. The rules matter a great deal. The game has to be played fairly or it is no game at all. And even to win the game is not the chief end. The chief end is to win it honorably and splendidly.

There are plenty of people on Earth. It's not like the human race is going to disappear if a few people don't come back. Exploration is dangerous.

The weather became so intensely cold that we sent for all the hunters who had remained out with captain Clarke's party, and they returned in the evening several of them frostbitten.

Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant.

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.

Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

If Japanese tea 'stands,' it acquires a coarse bitterness and an unwholesome astringency. Milk and sugar are not used.

For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.

There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.

For now it seems that by advancing into unknown territories, I entered into my life

It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.

Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure.

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Adventure is just bad planning.

Having an adventure shows that someone is incompetent, that something has gone wrong. An adventure is interesting enough - in retrospect. Especially to the person who didn't have it.

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.