Walt Disney Quotes

There's something about the Pacific Northwest, the scale of it, and the fact that not so long ago people came here and died getting here, and then died the first winter they were here. There's this breathtaking beauty, just a little bit of moss on the tree, just this little thread of danger, and the sinister. And I really like that.

There are still so many places on our planet that remain unexplored. I'd love to one day peel back the mystery and understand them.

I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.

And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

Half the charm of climbing mountains is born in visions preceding this experience - visions of what is mysterious, remote, inaccessible.

Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?

There is a lot of the world that is undiscovered.

I love the challenge of any adventure.

There has to be an element of danger, or at least an element of intrigue, for a band to be interesting.

Yes, I'm a fan, and 'The Lost City of Z' has been my inspiration. Percy Fawcett was one of my heroes, and I loved the book and the film. I was lost in the same area that Fawcett had explored, and I can identify with his sense of passion and obsession, and I definitely see the romance in searching for lost treasure.

Books of exploration have always fascinated me, like somebody going up the Amazon for the first time.

My family are massive fans of 'I'm A Celeb,' so that would be pretty cool. There's so many areas where you can go in and enjoy, but I just like meeting new people.

I think, as a young guy, I was always drawn to being in wild places. Climbing was a logical extension of that.

As a man, you think, 'Hey, man, I want to be like Bond or Tintin.'

It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.

All good trips are, like love, about being carried out of yourself and deposited in the midst of terror and wonder.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

Travel is as much a passion as ambition or love.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.

The Doctor: Oh, now what's this, then? I love this. A big, flashy-lighty thing. That's what brought me here. Big, flashy-lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually, but give me time... and a crayon.

When the rhythm and night ride, no heart can hide.

Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.

It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe.

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort