Larry Ellison Quotes

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.

I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

There is no joy involved in climbing mountains, there is simply the challenge, the self-invented challenge, the play.

I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.

You can't call it an adventure unless it's tinged with danger. The greatest danger in life, though, is not taking the adventure at all. To have the objective of a life of ease is death. I think we've all got to go after our own Everest.

Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life of an explorer is you are in the unknown; you are out of your habits.

You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.

I like stepping out of my comfort zone.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

Why do I want to be challenged or have challenges? That's why I don't go climb mountains.

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

My Antarctic expedition is just about doable, just feasible and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew it was possible, if I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn't be interested.

I was brought up to believe you should always live the most interesting life you can.

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.

You really can expand the boundaries of your life and do risky things and prove yourself by doing them.

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

It's not that I don't value my life. It's just that I love taking chances, testing myself, stepping over the line.

I get magnetically pulled towards a project because there's something in it that offers me the opportunity to explore the edge of my understanding about myself.

I might not do it again and again, but I would like to test waters which are considered forbidden for me. It is a human tendency.

In 2012, I promised myself I'd do something each month I'd never done before. So I skydived. I did trapeze lessons. I rode a motorcycle... All stuff that I'd never done.

I'm never going to go and test myself on Everest, but I sort of understand the psychology of people who might want to.

Perhaps you could say that mountaineers are driven by ego or our competitiveness, but there's a lot more to it than that. Whether it's a huge face in the Himalaya or some crag in the woods behind your house, exploration offers us a unique perspective on the world that you can't really find anywhere else.

I like feeling out of my depth.

I don't really think about why I climb, I just simply love it.