Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries.

We like to pioneer, we like to explore, we like to go down dark alleys and see what's on the other side.

Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction — you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in your heart.

It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.

A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as it is nerved by the vigor to adventure beyond the safeties of the past. Without adventure civilization is in full decay.

Everything we are doing is on the cutting edge of so many different industries and so many different interests. We're out there in the sunshine, and it feels fine.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.

I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.

The way of the pioneer is always rough.

Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?

There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new.

The pioneers get all the arrows.

There's no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker.

I love to be in projects that take risks.

Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

I am accused often of too much experimentation.., but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.