Quotes by Explorers

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever. Davy Crockett

Time Day Liberty Independence Throughout No Time Go Forever Now

I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortalized. Davy Crockett

Would Rather Dead Than Politically

I now say that the oldest man living never heard of the president of a great nation to come down to open electioneering for his successor. It is treating the nation as if it was the property of a single individual, and he had the right to bequeath it to whom he pleased - the same as a patch of land for which he had the patent. Davy Crockett

Great Property Man Single Nation Down Living President Pleased Say Bequeath Great Nation Individual Never Open Had He Come Single Individual His Heard Patch Patent Same Which Land Successor Whom Now Oldest Right Treating

Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it. Edmund Hillary

Simple Seen Despite Out High Thrill Feel Towards Still Climb Mountain Patch Get Snow Same Tiny Experienced Urge

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport. Fridtjof Nansen

God Better Church Think Sport Go Than Skiing

There are eight or nine leading varieties of rice grown in Japan, all of which, except an upland species, require mud, water, and much puddling and nasty work. Rice is the staple food and the wealth of Japan. Its revenues were estimated in rice. Rice is grown almost wherever irrigation is possible. Isabella Bird

Work Food Water Wealth Nine Possible Except Almost Leading Revenues Nasty Were Eight Irrigation Wherever Estimated Which Japan Rice Much Mud Require Staple Grown Species

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it. Jacques Yves Cousteau

Love People Attack Make Lot Sea

Farming as we do it is hunting, and in the sea we act like barbarians. Jacques Yves Cousteau

Hunting Like Barbarians Act Sea Farming

The grass is always greener around the fire hydrant. Jeff Rich

Fire Grass Hydrant Around Always Greener

If you don't have anything nice to say... dead silence creates a lot awkwardness. Jeff Rich

Silence You Nice Say Dead Lot Anything Creates Awkwardness

You don't live on the Earth you want, you live on the Earth you have. Jeff Rich

You Live Earth Want

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea. Joshua Slocum

Sail Worlds Dangers Seek About More New She Voyage Spray Continents Were Discovered Did May Sea Her

Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale. Robert Falcon Scott

They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers. Samuel de Champlain

Future Before Hunting More Beaver Than Might Engage Ever

A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other. Thor Heyerdahl

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be. Thor Heyerdahl

Needs Political Picture Changed Feel Powers Any Convinced Therefore Suit

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Truth Between Advertising Falsehoods Unethical Deceive Difference Public Ethical Uses

This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board? William Kidd

Caves are whimsical things, and geology on a local scale is random and unpredictable. William Stone

Random Local Scale Unpredictable Geology Caves Whimsical Things

To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job. Ann Bancroft

Dog Job Run Push Always Front Behind Interesting

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

Sense Setting Minnesota Outdoors Rural Adventure Up Growing Growing Up Raised

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress. Ann Bancroft

Strength Strong Stress Other Physical Steadiness Physical Strength Area Could Had Pole Like Make Make Up Go Up May Doubts