Christopher McCulloch Quotes

If Luna Marie is at the park, my child is not happy unless she's on the highest bar of the jungle gym or the tallest branch of a tree or jumping over the biggest, deepest hole.

I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

Boys, particularly, like stories where they can have images in their imagination, where they can go to scary places and experiment with what can happen.

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.

I lived for going down the rabbit hole of meeting weird people. Of course, come Monday I would be tallying up all the different situations, and each one was progressively more dangerous. I got lucky in that I didn't go to jail.

You know, at that age you want to show everyone else how wild you are. It's a combination of being bored, looking for a cheap thrill and being really stupid - a dangerous combination.

I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt to analyze these things too thoroughly, but I think that all mountaineers do get a great deal of satisfaction out of overcoming some challenge which they think is very difficult for them, or which perhaps may be a little dangerous.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight.

I found that Steve's passion for wildlife and willingness to lay his life on the line so exciting.

I wanted to be like the heroes of the books I read. That's why I wanted to go to the jungle. I wasn't interested in danger from the adrenaline aspect, I was more interested in the romance.

Scrambling, when no one's around, getting down, getting out of bounds, taking a glancing blow, those are all fine. You can do that all day long.

I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up.

Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could be a tawdry love affair or telling off a mean-looking bus driver because he doesn't like to stop for noisy teenagers. It could be cheating at cards or eating a peanut even though you're allergic. For me, danger might be getting out from the protective cloak of my family and venturing into the world more of my own, even though I don't know what- or who- awaits me.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.

How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall?

The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort

Adventure and danger can be good for your heart and soul.

The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days.

Where's your sense of adventure?" "Off on a beach somewhere with your sanity?

Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand.