Yvon Chouinard Quotes

I don't even believe in hope. I just let it happen.

The worst thing we can do is to do nothing.

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

So we'll just let things take their course, and never be sorry.

The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.

Worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.

A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.

Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.

If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

I wasn't interested in politics. My attitude about it was, I can't make a difference no matter what I do. And the truth is, I don't even care enough to try.

What's the point of being negative or fearful? We can't control it.

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but [Calvin] Coolidge only snores.

The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature.

The real reason for apathy is usually a feeling of powerlessness.

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph.

Liberalism is: To let things drift if they do not affect one personally; to say as little as possible while knowing perfectly well what is wrong, to be worldly wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame

I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done.

I don't really care about capitalizing on momentum.