The Hike Quotes

#1. Even then, when the hike was perfect, I would wonder, 'Now what?' And take a picture. Take another picture. Like a man with a photogenic girlfriend he didn't love.

Jonathan Franzen

#2. Aside from marrying my husband and having my children, hiking the PCT was the best thing I ever did. The hike very literally forced me to put one foot in front of the other at a time when emotionally I didn't think I could do that.

Cheryl Strayed

#3. The most remote place I've been to was in Greenland. I remember setting out for a solo hike from a small cabin, itself several hours' boat ride from the nearest settlement.

Michelle Paver

#4. If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O!

Ronald Reagan

#5. I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is restorative. I also try not to overreact. I grew up in Ireland, and we are big tea drinkers, and I think it's less about the tea itself and more about the ritual and the moment to prepare.

Roma Downey

#6. Because I feared I couldn't walk to Newton Centre without her, I needed to hike through desert, snow and woods alone.

Childhood is a wilderness.

Aspen Matis

#7. [Hillary Clinton] supports now a hike in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Prior to that, she did not support that. Other issues that you could see, at least in the Democratic Party platform, they're there entirely because of the [Bernie] Sanders movement.

Jonathan Tasini

#8. Exercise is important, but exercise in a gym is not important. Go and take a walk outside. Skip the umpteenth coffee date and go for a hike instead. Take the stairs. Walk your errands.

Daphne Oz

#9. I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.

Natalie Portman

#10. I've tried to meditate, but I feel like I always overthink the process. When I need to calm my mind, I will go for a family hike.

Jacob Vargas

#11. I run about four days per week and do some sort of hike or yoga/stretching on the other three. Kind of self-propelling my body and muscles forward in my own controlled chaos helps me find the ground a little bit easier on the daily.

Madi Diaz

#12. S.O.S. I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED, NEAR DEATH, AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE OUT OF HERE. I AM ALL ALONE, THIS IS NO JOKE. IN THE NAME OF GOD, PLEASE REMAIN TO SAVE ME. I AM OUT COLLECTING BERRIES CLOSE BY AND SHALL RETURN THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, CHRIS MCCANDLESS. AUGUST?

Jon Krakauer

#13. But the fact is, it's illegal for the Administration to spend North west taxpayers' money to develop this rate hike proposal, just so it can turn around and raise their energy rates.

Maria Cantwell

#14. To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

Nicole Krauss

#15. I do Pilates twice a week; I hike and I go to the gym. My days of being that hardcore-workout person are over. Don't get me wrong, I still want to be the hot mom!

Alicia Coppola

#16. I love being outdoors, playing beach tennis, going for runs in the sand, or doing a three-hour hike with my best girlfriend, Mieko.

AnnaLynne McCord

#17. You're the only one I wanted to be with. I was being kind to everyone else for your sake. Personally, I wish they would all take a long hike or a swim, but I think that's out of the question this late in the year.

Dominique Eastwick

#18. The one instrument that has relative political autonomy is monetary policy. Central banks do not need to go to Congress to get approval for an interest rate hike.

Mohamed El-Erian

#19. When visiting the Grand Canyon, make sure you hike into the canyon. And be careful not to fall or step in mule poop.

McKenna Shay

#20. When a man finds the woman he really loves, the one he respects and wants to call wife, there is nothing on earth he won't do for her. No mountain he won't hike. No river he won't wade. No door he won't open. She is Eve and there's not a snake crawling that can keep them apart.

Yolanda Joe

#21. Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit and there is nothing there. And you could hike to the top from another direction. How you get there is the important part. It's the same with surfing.

Yvon Chouinard

#22. Today we have badminton set up, as well as a hike around the grounds, and trivia questions in the evening. Any questions?"
"When did we sign up for the senior citizen cruise?" Christian ridiculed.

Rachel Van Dyken

#23. These days I travel so much it's hard to get into a routine. When I'm on the road, I tend to use hotel gyms. When I'm home in L.A., I like to hike and hit the surf. All in all, I try to keep a balanced diet and exercise routine, which has stood me in good stead to date.

Curtis Stone

#24. On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.

Zhang Xin

#25. Don't order boeuf bourguignon if you're a vegetarian, don't venture into the tearooms if you don't like ladies with lapdogs. Don't come to Paris if you're planning a solitary hike through a sexual desert.

Francine Prose

#26. Once you become an actor, it's important to take care of yourself. I live in Santa Monica, where I can mountain bike, hike and go running on the beach. I like a nice sunset jog.

Mark Feuerstein

#27. I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

Joseph Barbera

#28. Every book was a door; every page a new place to hide.

Drew Magary

#29. What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.

Nathan Myhrvold

#30. I love to go hiking. I hike every day for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours in the hills around LA. I go to the gym every day, too.

Emmanuelle Vaugier

#31. Something was fighting back, telling my gut to take a hike. Something wanted Jude Ryder in my life, no matter the consequences or the outcome.
And whatever that something was, I liked it.

Nicole Williams

#32. I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.

Armie Hammer

#33. Mitt Romney and his family have a big two-day weekend plan. They're going to hike to the top of his money.

David Letterman

#34. I try to keep myself busy. I always hang out with my family and friends and my dogs. Go to the beach. Go swimming. Go get exercise. Go on a hike.

Colbie Caillat

#35. At 1 A.M. a parking garage feels like a crime scene in waiting.

Drew Magary

#36. Depression is like a heaviness that you can't ever escape. It crushes down on you, making even the smallest things like tying your shoes or chewing on toast seem like a twenty-mile hike uphill. Depression is a part of you; it's in your bones and your blood.

Jasmine Warga

#37. My favorite part of the party is when the party is over. When I don't feel obligated to have a good time, and I can just sit and chill with whoever's left to chill with, you know?

Drew Magary

#38. Anyone can see how if a feared tax hike doesn't happen, that's a positive factor. But even if tax hikes happen as feared, vast history tells me it doesn't have to have the big bad impact folks fear. And fear of a false factor is always bullish.

Kenneth Fisher

#39. Sergio didn't want to get involved, but he could never resist a dame in distress, regardless of her occupation. He walked up to the man and said, "Take a hike, buddy. The lady doesn't want to go with you." The

Jack A. Tittle

#40. I hike a lot. The view and the air up in the hills are much greater than the hustle and bustle of the city. It makes it all look so silly and small.

Inbar Lavi

#41. I was a typical American boy. I did a lot of outdoor activities, played a lot outside with my friends, loved to go the beach, liked to hike, boating and fishing, and I flew a lot of model airplanes as well.

Alan G. Poindexter

#42. She crossed her legs and kicked out her feet, clad in thick wool socks and boots big enough to house a little old lady.

Drew Magary

#43. I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it?

David Suzuki

#44. I am the first to admit my iPad is the coolest thing in the world, but when we can be in a room together and really connect, or leave the gadgets home and go for a hike, then I'm happy.

Michael Chiklis

#45. I take my dog, Fideo, out for a hike in Runyon Canyon three times a week. It's about 45 minutes round-trip with a variation of super steep hills and flat areas. He's always running ahead, which helps me push myself, especially up the hills.

Ana Ortiz

#46. I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

John McCain

#47. I really don't like the gym. I like experiences, so I take any chance I get to go on a bicycle or on a hike.

Blake Lively

#48. Succeeding, whatever that might mean to you, is hard, and the need to do so constantly renews itself (success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it).

George Saunders

#49. For me, relaxing is going on a 10-mile hike. When I have time off, I like to be at home and spend time with my animals, and things like that.I'm not the girl that goes out for facials, and manicures and pedicures, all the time. I wish I did. It would be better for me, but I get annoyed.

Tricia Helfer

#50. I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike and then out to dinner. I like to take the formality out of the day's schedule and be ready for any off-road detour.

Matthew McConaughey

#51. There is no limit to the hunger politicians have for the money you've worked so hard for ... You can tell them to take a hike, but then the guns come out.

Neal Boortz

#52. I get started at 5:30 in the morning and write till 10 A.M. Then I hike six or seven miles before going back to work.

Don Winslow

#53. I enjoy working out. That is important for me. Whether it's a hike with my dog or an hour at the gym, I like to maintain an active lifestyle.

Cara Santana

#54. Have you ever dreamt about doing something totally foolish, something so absurd that perhaps you were afraid to tell anyone except possibly those closest to you? I harbored such a secret for most of my adult life - I secretly wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail [A.T.] from Georgia to Maine.

Dennis R. Blanchard

#55. Judging a story by the ending alone, or life by its death alone, is as pointless as judging a long hike through the mountains by the fact that when you get back to where you parked your car, there's a pit toilet full of you know what and beer cans.

Emily Henry

#56. Some of the things that beat the shit out of you ... can beat the bullshit out of you too.

Henry V. O'Neil

#57. So much of being able to hike the PCT depended upon mind control: the stout decision to move forward, regardless.

Cheryl Strayed

#58. Always seek for balance in your life: If you stayed long in the darkness, walk long in the light; if you talked too much, stay silent for a good while; if you climbed the high mountains, hike long on the plains! Balance everything!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#59. I looked up at the blue sky, feeling, in fact, a burst of energy, but mostly feeling my mother's presence, remembering why it was that I'd thought I could hike this trail.

Cheryl Strayed

#60. Sucess is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it ... Err in the direction of kindness.

George Saunders

#61. I love the weather in L.A., and I can drive 20 minutes to the beach, hike minutes from my house or go snowboarding a couple hours away.

Jud Tylor

#62. Rachel had decided he WAS handsome during their hike to the camp. Though the way he kept telling her to speak more quietly or to look where she was going was annoying. By the time they finally got there, she was beginning to think his looks were his only good attribute.

Teri Hall

#63. From those who agonize that they may no longer be able to write off their private jet to someone who doesn't feel like making the three mile hike to the well to get water and carry it back, everyone struggles.

Henry Rollins

#64. Get out there, even if it's a hike or something, just break up the monotony of going to the gym.

Jessica Biel

#65. Along with rock climbing, I hike and I like to go to the beach, anything outdoors and anything that takes me out of the everyday.

Christa B. Allen

#66. Personally, I think every guy who calls himself straight should take a hike on the gay Appalachian Trail at least once in his life.

Brad Boney

#67. In winter I go skiing on Saturdays and Sundays when the slopes are quieter due to changeover day for tourists, and in summer I hike up into the mountains at sunset, just as the village is settling down to dinner.

Vanessa Mae

#68. I was a very unpredictable child. I'd pack a bag and go off and do a hike in the mountains for 10 days.

Kiesza

#69. I grew up climbing mountains in Montana and Wyoming and my wife and I were engaged on top of a mountain peak: Hyalite Peak in Montana. It was a 15-mile hike to get to the top of that, round-trip - thankfully, she said yes.

Steve Daines

#70. I run or hike three to four times per week and believe that an "everything in moderation" approach to dieting is the best way to keep your mind and body healthy and your taste buds happy.

Ian Anthony Dale

#71. We have such an embarrassment of riches when it comes to choice. Do you want to hike in the Alps? There are 300 pairs of shoes you can order within the next 10 minutes. You have your choice of everything.

Nick Offerman

#72. I love to do things like sail and hike, but they don't give me the satisfaction of knowing the potential of something you've learned in the lab.

Craig Mello

#73. I'd set out to hike the trail so that I could reflect upon my life, to think about everything that had broken me and make myself whole again.

Cheryl Strayed

#74. I see myself being married to my girlfriend and backpacking all over the world. If I can go out and do a 15-mile hike and climb a 12,000-ft. peak, I'm good to go.

Matt Long

#75. Hiking is the best workout! ... You can hike for three hours and not even realize you're working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.

Jamie Luner

#76. They shouldn't call anything a boot camp unless you're going off to war. Standup boot camp has been a fantastic thing, for the people putting it on. They keep you out in the woods and won't let you come back until you're funny. Lenny Bruce came up with his Religions Inc. bit on a day hike.

Andy Kindler

#77. I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns.

Janine Turner

#78. I'll never forget it. I was starting to hike up the red rocks, and honestly, it was as if I heard the rock say, 'You have the answers. You are your teacher.' I thought I was having an auditory hallucination.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#79. On one 50-mile summer hike, Gates demonstrated the persistence and tenacity that was to be his trademark later in life.

James Wallace

#80. On Sunday morning, it's Brooklyn Bagels on Beverly Boulevard. We get them hot. Then we walk some of the famous Silver Lake steps or hike in the hills to the highest vantage point to see the reservoir.

Jill Soloway

#81. I love to be outdoors, so I like to hike, bike and go to the beach.

Jillian Rose Reed

#82. Seamus: "I was wondering if you would like to go get some coffee"
Cara: "Well that depends ... do you like to take long walks?"
Seamus: "Yes"
Cara: "Do you like sex?"
Seamus: "Yeees"
Cara: "Then take a f***ing hike and leave me the hell alone.

Erin McCarthy

#83. I have a Lab, it's fun to hang out and hike with the dog, people come up to him, and pet him, it's fun.

George Eads

#84. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless.

Christopher McCandless

#85. I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.

Serinda Swan

#86. I can't go anywhere without being bugged by somebody. I'd love to just hike out down the street, or drop in a restaurant, or wander in the park, or take my kids somewhere without collecting a trail of people. But I can't.

Johnny Carson

#87. What I do like is hiking. And that's what filmmaking is. It's a hike. It's challenging and exhausting, and you don't know what the terrain is going to be or necessarily even which direction you're going in ... but it sure is beautiful.

Joss Whedon

#88. How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for days; others take a hike in the woods or count rosary beads.

Douglas Brinkley

#89. I hike every day with my dog, after the kids are off to school. I tend to get wrapped up in all the things that need to be done during the day, so I really am strict about setting that time aside for myself and not scheduling anything before eleven, so I can get my hike in.

Natalie Maines

#90. I love the outdoors. I love to hike. I spend a lot of time in LA and so I hike all the hills.

Matthew Kane

#91. Were practicality the explanation for my spontaneous hike, I could have sung my purpose that afternoon, 'Wanking in a Winter Wonderland.

Jim Provenzano