2,981 Quotes About Adventure

  • Author Christopher McCandless
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    But in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure.

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  • Author Claude McKay
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    Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted, I shun all signs of anchorage, because The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws.

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  • Author Doug Macdonald
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    Getting used to that is going to be an adventure for me, and maybe it will make me a better transportation secretary because all of us need transportation too.

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  • Author Ella Maillart
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    Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.

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  • Author Glen Mazzara
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    I lot of the show's I do are low tech. This is low tech. There's a bit of high adventure here. There's difficult emotional choices. So actually this feels like a natural progression of everything I've been doing before this.

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  • Author H. L. Mencken
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    As for Lindbergh, another eminent servant of science, all he proved by his gaudy flight across the Atlantic was that God takes care of those who have been so fortunate as to come into the world foolish. Expressing skepticism that adventure does not necessarily contribute to scientific knowledge.

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  • Author H. L. Mencken
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    It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.

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