John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

Everybody likes a roller coaster ride.

I like scaring myself.

I just think you need to spice up life every now and then with a bit of adventure and excitement.

There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who can find pleasure in it.

What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when one is safely at home.

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

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

I'm working on a speed boat at the moment. Much more exciting. It'll really kick ass, give great photographs for the people in Bible.

To be perfectly honest, I like pressure. It's something I find exciting. And I am the kind of personality that gets very bored very easily. The work I try and involve myself with is ordinarily determined by how much it sort of frightens me.

I didn't say no because between safety and adventure I choose adventure.

Skydiving is something I've never done! And I am very excited to take the leap with a community of like-minded courageous women.

Nearly everything that was fun, of course, was also a little dangerous: riding roller coasters, skydiving, gambling, sex.

Ever bike? Now that's something that makes life worth living!... Oh, to just grip your handlebars and lay down to it, and go ripping and tearing through streets and road, over railroad tracks and bridges, threading crowds, avoiding collisions, at twenty miles or more an hour, and wondering all the time when you're going to smash up. Well, now, that's something! And then go home again after three hours of it... and then to think that tomorrow I can do it all over again!

I really love doing action and I go for it.

There is a joy in danger.

I'm ready for that adrenaline rush...with you.

People love being scared, even for long periods of time.

I will meet you in the dirtiest city you can dream of. We will drink cocktails so sweet they pucker our cheeks, as we perch on cracked leather bar stools. I will buy you plates of calcium and protein and we will run through the streets in excellent danger.

I wonder if it's like this for mountain climbers, he thought. You climb bigger and bigger mountains and you know that one day one of them is going to be just that bit too steep. But you go on doing it, because it’s so-o good when you breathe the air up there. And you know you'll die falling.

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.

One of the most exciting moments was standing out on top of the world, 30 seconds before stepping off.

When you're challenged, you're totally alive and totally dealing with reality, particularly if it could be dangerous. And that excites me!

People want to see the car crash instead of the race. But, when you're the one in the car that's crashing, it's not much fun. I'm enjoying the race.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.