Anne McClain Quotes

Books of exploration have always fascinated me, like somebody going up the Amazon for the first time.

I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.

We need a space program because we need explorers. Its in our souls.

I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I'm an explorer.

So, you know, I think the age of exploration is just beginning, not ending, on our planet.

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

One makes a trip by day, but by night, one sets out on a journey.

Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died.

I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it.

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.

Exploration by real people inspires us.

I wanted to be an explorer, but gradually found the world had been explored and that there was nowhere left, really. Once they climbed Everest in 1953, when I was 10 years old, I thought, 'Well, that's pretty much it now.' But the idea of travelling and exploring and adventure was very strong.

When we go to explore, we do it as a globe.

Of course humans like to explore, and we should. There's nothing wrong with that. But it's more than that. It's essential for your children and your children's children.

I've always been interested in exploration and the history of exploring the world, but it seems like we've found everything now.

Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.

People can connect in different ways. If you do a rope course with someone you otherwise wouldn't meet and you share this incredible challenge, then you have perhaps formed a bond that could last forever.

I believe in exploration, and I will miss being on the front lines of that endeavor. On one hand, I look forward to going home, but it's something that's been a big part of my life, and I'm going to miss it.

I hope that we continue with exploration.

A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights.

Men should be explorers no matter how old they are.

I see myself as an explorer more than a storyteller.