Steve Fossett Quotes

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.

I love finding and doing new things and trying stuff out; that's my favorite thing to do.

I don't want to do something that I've done before; I can't see the point of it.

I've always been sort of addicted to genre-jumping. I've never been in the mood to do the same thing I did last time. Hence, me going from 'Big Love' to romantic comedy, to period film... I can't sit still.

I want to do lots of exciting, varied, interesting things. That's what I want to do.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

The coolest things in life are things that you have not done before. That's the key to life: new things always.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

If something comes around that would be a challenge, then that would be wonderful. But if it's a watered-down version of something I've already done, I'd rather do something else.

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

I always want to do different things. I'm always obsessed with trying to do different things.

I climbed nine mountains because I love adventure, and I got addicted to that feeling and I never wanted to stop. I wanted to see what I could accomplish. I finally can say that I stood on top of the world.

If you want to be a legend, God help you, it's so easy. You just do one thing. You can be the master of suspense, say. But if you want to be as invisible as is practical, then it's fun to do a lot of different things.

What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do.

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before.

I just want to do cool stuff.

I love to travel and to be inspired by new things, so everything is always new. I've never done the same bathroom or the same kitchen a second time. It's challenging, and I like to be challenged.

I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.

Madame, if it is possible, it has already been done; if impossible, it will be done.

It's only when you push at the edges that you excel.

I've taken a lot of risks through the years, but I always followed my instincts and always explored new opportunities. The biggest reward has been having an idea and being able to make it a reality. My passions always lead the way - travel and adventure, fitness, art, and home.