341 quotes by explorers for you to enjoy

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

Work Business Dog Face Driving Most Terrible Sort Certainly

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record. Robert Falcon Scott

Journey Fear Our Record Longest Pole Been Done Shot Bolt

To wait idly is the worst of conditions. Robert Falcon Scott

Wait Worst Idly Conditions

What if I told you every single person in America - every single person on Earth - is African? With a small scrape of cells from the inside of anyone's cheek, the science of genetics can even prove it. Spencer Wells

You Science Single Every Earth Inside Small Genetics Cheek Single Person Prove Person America What If Scrape Cells African Anyone Even

It turns out that every person alive today can trace his or her ancestry back to Africa. Everyone's DNA tells a story of a journey from an African homeland to wherever you live. Spencer Wells

If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest. Tenzing Norgay

Trouble Never Know Make Climb Much Everest

It is notoriously true that the public mind is seriously agitated with apprehensions of negroes insurrections and that it is becoming more and more so. Thomas L. Smith

Seriously Mind Apprehension Negroes More More And More True Becoming Public Public Mind

In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protection of public property, and should insurrection break out the protection of life and property would be more safe guarded by our company of regulars, than by the whole City. Thomas L. Smith

Life Service Property Protection Fire Guarded Our Out Would Would-Be City More Troops Vast Safe Buildings Insurrection Than Any Break Public Public Buildings Should Whole Company Event

Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti. Thor Heyerdahl

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall. Walter Raleigh

Fear Fall Would Fain Climb

So I departed and was free from imprisonment. William Adams

Free Imprisonment Departed

So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet. William Adams

To be a naturalist is better than to be a king. William Beebe

Better King Than Naturalist

The longer we were in it, the smaller it seemed to get. William Beebe

Seemed Smaller Longer Were Get

While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and stood there menacing and threatening of us, and making a great noise. At last one of them came towards us, and the rest followed at a distance. William Dampier

If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again. William Kidd

You Will Shall Take Never Come Go May Again Her

I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night. William Kidd

Money Trial Had Till Nor Friends Prepare Last Night Last Night

I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready. William Kidd

Long Trial Evidence Put Ready Till Off Get Desire

My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe. William Kidd

You People Will Men Way Tell Mutiny Some About Case Could Take He Put Taking League Safe Within Lord Making Coming Were Ship Up Captain Her

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