Quotes about adventure
adventure past civilization
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Alfred North Whitehead
adventure past greatness
The great achievements of the past were the adventures of the past. Only the adventurous can understand the greatness of the past.
adventure mean order
In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives on its merits and is transformed by its power of recognizing its imperfections.
adventure civilization columbus
Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China.
adventure self common-sense
The Universe is vast. Nothing is more curious than the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge. Skeptics and believers are alike. At this moment scientists and skeptics are the leading dogmatists. Advance in detail is admitted; fundamental novelty is barred. This dogmatic common sense is the death of philosophic adventure.
adventure civilization decay
Without adventure civilization is in full decay.
adventure clarification rationalism
Rationalism is an adventure in the clarification of thought.
adventure self serious-things
I confess my own leisure to be spent entirely in search of adventure, without regard to prudence, profit, self improvement, learning, or any other serious thing. Aldo Leopold
adventure artist parent
My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be, on a hot, dreadful day with no place to go, to go out and draw our chickens with pastels. My parents gave me a sense of wonder. Ali MacGraw
adventure discovery self
Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature of the self by attempting to understand the human personality in terms of the human body. Most previous explorations focused their investigations on the mind. Alexander Lowen
adventure bigger challenge decision gotten profits worked
When you are an independent, it's a bigger challenge and a better adventure when you're the one who makes the decision and then has to make it work. If you've been smart, worked hard, and gotten lucky, profits are all yours, too.
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I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We're living longer and expecting more from life; the success of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,' and other films and novels about finding love late in life, have shown that if we're up for it, there are adventures awaiting us. Deborah Moggach
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I've been under the spell of the North ever since my childhood in Alaska. More and more, I've been returning to Alaska, and sometimes my adventures inspire a story.
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So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also that fear about people leaving you. Cathy Rigby
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Michael Chabon has long moved easily between the playful, heartfelt realism of novels like 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' and 'Wonder Boys' and his playful, heartfelt, more fantastical novels like 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' and 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union.' Cathleen Schine
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The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life. Anthony Bourdain
adventure dull-life should
I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life. A. J. Jacobs
adventure character different
Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure. Abbie Cornish
adventure doors looks
Christopher Robin was sitting outside his door, putting on his Big Boots. As soon as he saw the Big Boots, Pooh knew that an Adventure was going to happen, and he brushed the honey off his nose with the back of his paw, and spruced himself up as well as he could, so as to look ready for Anything. A. A. Milne
adventure dedication hands
To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication] Agatha Christie
adventure mind kind
I kind of tend to do most of my adventures in my mind. Adam Young
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My parents waited to have me and my sister - my dad was 43 when my mother had me, and my mom was 38. They purposefully waited until they had had their adventures in life so that we wouldn't represent the end of their freedom. Christian Borle
adventure thinking problem
Your life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be enjoyed. You are doing better than you think. Alan Cohen
adventure journey yield
The apparent goal of the journey is simply the carrot the universe dangles before you to get you to learn the lessons the adventure yields.
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Travel is intensified living . . . and one of the last great sources of legal adventure. Rick Steves
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People of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon and seldom drive business home to it's conclusion, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. Francis Bacon
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Surely you do not disbelieve the prophecies, because you had a hand in bringing them about yourself? You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine per J. R. R. Tolkien
adventures decided disney originally tv
Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their 'New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' TV series. Jim Cummings
adventure critic french-athlete observer six week wine
My other interesting adventure this week was to be a wine critic for the Observer magazine. I had to nominate six of my favourites. David Ginola
adventure days greatest last seven
I think the most important thing is that in the last seven days we've just had the greatest adventure of our lifetimes. Richard Branson
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Just as Muslim newspapers the world over continue to print disgusting cartoons about Jews and then riot when very mild cartoons about Islam are printed, Hayes has a clear double standard. Here's hoping. Down with the Super Adventure Club!. Andrew Sullivan
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Playing Through: Straight Talk on Hard Work, Big Dreams, and Adventures with Tiger Earl Woods
adventure playing
Playing live is what we do, It's an adventure for us as well as the audience.