Lynn Hill Quotes

#1. When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

Lynn Hill

#2. No same man could walk through the same river twice, as the man and the river have since changed.

Heraclitus

#3. Man or woman, you have to have the mental characteristics, the ability to concentrate, the focus, the flexibility, where women have the advantage, and strength-to-weight ratio. It does depend on the raw power.

Lynn Hill

#4. I was quaking in my boots.

Lynn Hill

#5. It slows down grocery shopping, because so many women at the store watch the show. I always end up talking to two or three people every time I go to Ralphs. It's fun.

James Denton

#6. For me, the most relevant factor in my ability to perform well on the rock has to do with my love of climbing. After nearly thirty years of climbing, I still love to do it whenever possible!

Lynn Hill

#7. When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his job.

Michael Ovitz

#8. Many of the women who I've taught to climb have a better sense of balance than the men. I think it has to do with being a little more sensitive to it rather than relying on strenght. It's also a reflection of a passive attitude - balancing your way up the rock, rather than attacking it.

Lynn Hill

#9. Not to take one's own suffering seriously, to make light of it or even to laugh at it, is considered good manners in our culture.

Alice Miller

#10. Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can't deal with life, or the truth.

Neal Boortz

#11. Writing is the act of creation. Put words on a page, words to sentences, sentences to paragraphs, paragraphs to seven-book epic fantasy cycles with books so heavy you could choke a hippo. But don't give writing too much power, either. A wizard controls his magic; it doesn't control him.

Chuck Wendig

#12. When the pursuit of natural harmony is a shared journey, great heights can be attained.

Lynn Hill

#13. Once the buttons are undone, you know how it'll all end. It's all in the game, there are no miracles.

Gao Xingjian

#14. Sometimes, they just make coffee cups too small.

Michelle M. Pillow

#15. We have to deal with the world as we find it. The world of what it takes to get this done.

David Axelrod

#16. Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

Lynn Hill

#17. People say you shouldn't marry for looks but I disagree: if I tot up all the pleasure I got from looking at David over the years I'd say it amounted to a very substantial hill of beans.

Lynn Barber