Gabby Douglas Quotes

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things.

We used to go in the woods by ourselves, and you can't help noticing the world then, especially animals. People used to know a lot about the natural world, especially in the country.

You know, it's kind of hard because I really - I see kids on their Rollerblades and their bikes, and just running around, climbing trees, and I used to do that. And I loved doing that.

Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun.

Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise.

As a kid, I was mischievous, necessarily, but I always wanted to do adventurous stuff.

I grew up playing in the woods.

I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.'

I love being outdoors - hiking, biking, and swimming.

I have gone to the forest.

I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.

Your soul is infinitely creative. It is alive and expansive in nature. It is curious and playful, changing with the tides of time.

I have never considered myself anything other than an environmentalist. I have spent the better part of my life either in the wilderness, or trying desperately to get there.

I like the outdoors.

I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking.

Hedge-hogs abound in my gardens and fields.

When I was in primary school, my best friend was a boy and we always goofed around, climbed trees, got holes in my trousers and muddied all my tops and things like that; a complete nightmare for the washing, but great fun.

I'm just extremely excited to explore the planet that we're living on.

A queer fellow and a jolly fellow is the grasshopper. Up the mountains he comes on excursions, how high I don't know, but at least as far and high as Yosemite tourists.

I think it's really important to be outdoorsy.

I had a wild imagination as a kid - wild! - and I was outside all the time, swinging around in trees by myself.

When you're a kid, you should be a kid.