Endurance Expedition Quotes & Sayings

The new Episcopalian and Catholic liturgies include a segment called "passing the peace." Many things can go wrong here. I know of one congregation in New York which fired its priest because he insisted on their passing the peace- which involves nothing more than shaking hands with your neighbors in the pew. The men and women of this small congregation had limits to their endurance; passing the peace was beyond their limits. They could not endure shaking hands with people to whom they bore lifelong grudges. They fired the priest and found a new one sympathetic to their needs" Anne Dillard- Teaching a Stone to Talk- An Expedition to the Pole — Anne Dillard

Suppose you're called on to navigate some particularly difficult life dilemma, your own, or that of a close confidant. You yearn to talk matters over with your mentor, spouse, or best friend. Yet, for whatever reason, you can't get a hold of these valued others - perhaps they're traveling, busy, or even deceased. Research shows that simply imagining having a conversation with them is as good as actually talking with them. So consult them in your mind. Ask them what advice they'd offer. In this way, a cherished parent or mentor, even if deceased, leaves you with an inner voice that guides you through challenging times. Your past moments of love and connection make you lastingly wiser. — Barbara L. Fredrickson

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish. — Tahir Shah

Heavens," said Galdo in a deep, dramatic voice, "only one man living could have squeezed forth such a gleaming brown jewel
this is the work of Squatting Calo, the Midnight Shitter! — Scott Lynch

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence. — Coventry Patmore

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game. — Greta Garbo

When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard. — Daniel Barenboim

I don't want to lie. I can't tell the truth. So it's over. — Patrick Marber

As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material. — Vince Vaughn

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework. — Sara Paretsky

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee. — Robert Herrick

You ever date a man that's so feminine you start to think you're a lesbian? — Wanda D. Hudson

I love America. I'm concerned about America and I believe the heart and soul of conservatives and Republicans recognize that the principles that Donald Trump is talking about have nothing to do with conservatism, nothing to do with keeping America strong. — Mitt Romney

Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables. — Dean Karnazes

Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach. — Tahir Shah