Don Ameche Quotes

Old men ought to be explorers.

I think of myself as an explorer who has spent his life on a long voyage of discovery.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

I didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I read magazines, I listened to radio, I watched television. I knew there was something out there, and I wanted a part of it.

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

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

I'm always pursuing the next dream, hunting for the next truth.

I want to keep learning, keep exploring, keep doing more.

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.

I don't believe in proving myself, ever. I'm in the school of thought where if someone is a curious person, they can find whatever they want.

I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.

I see myself as an explorer more than a storyteller.

The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings

The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.

An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made.

Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!

So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out.

O Mariner-soul, Thy quest is but begun, There are new worlds Forever to be won.

It doesn't matter what we cover, it matters what you discover.

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.

I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'

The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.