David Grann Quotes

I've always been a sort of goer.

I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.

There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.

I am a guy who is first of all a businessman. I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a daredevil. I'm - I'm an explorer.

Sure, give me an adventure and I'll ride it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And venture belongs to the adventurous.

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

It's because I have no sense of shame that I'm always willing to give things a go: I've ridden horses naked into the sea, I've climbed rocks, all kinds of things.

The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.

I am not really known as a globetrotter.

I've always been an adventurer, an explorer.

I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.

I've never lived with a 'be careful' philosophy.

If you want to be a pioneer, you have to be intentional, at least a little bit.

My life is ready, fire, aim, and it is one of adventure.

I'm not much of a risk taker, I'm more of an arty farty person.

I am actually not at all a man of science, not an observer, not an experimenter, not a thinker. I am by temperament nothing but a conquistador

I'm not a stunt man. I'm not a dare devil...I'm an explorer.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

If you can do something exciting and unusual, you might as well give it a go.

I love diving into the unknown. That's been my M.O. ever since I was a kid.

I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens.

I'm down for adventure and up for anything.

I think we should always challenge ourselves to do things that have never been done.