British Explorer Quotes

#1. Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said Because it is there. Well, space is there, and were going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.

John F. Kennedy

#2. One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.

Barbara Pym

#3. Will you sleep with me?" he asked softly, before grinning suddenly. "In the tub?

Shelly Crane

#4. You might plan how you sleep but you can't plan how you wake up. He who plans how to sleep is a Planer, he who plans out to wake up is a Dreamer.

Amen Muffler

#5. The following story is one which he related recently regarding the practice of fault - finding among creeds: A frog lived in a well. It had lived there for a long time ...

Swami Vivekananda

#6. Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.

Bayard Rustin

#7. Be careful. There are people out there who will look at your love only as a place to put their pain.

Beau Taplin

#8. I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

Mackenzie Astin

#9. I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.

Sean Penn