Jimmy Chin Quotes

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

I want to believe humanity has not forgotten how to explore.

The human race has a yearning to explore. That's part of our biological and psychological makeup.

My favourite words are possibilities, opportunities and curiosity. I think if you are curious, you create opportunities, and then if you open the doors, you create possibilities.

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery.

John not only taught me to explore, but to play thoroughly and completely.

I think, just philosophically, we're made to explore.

The passion to explore is at the heart of being human.

Dig into life with wild roving abandon, opening your mind to the delicious possibilities that perplex the mind, entice the heart, and excite the spirit.

I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder.

The only way to find that territory is trying to keep your mind constantly open. That's the only way that you're ever going to see the sort of signs of where to go.

I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder. They have curiosity. 'Who, what, where, why, when, and how!' They never stop asking questions, and I never stop asking questions, just like a five year old.

I like to explore things.

I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

I promised myself a long time ago that I would lead an interesting life.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?

Let's face it. Adventure and exploration are in my blood.