Mountaineering Movies Quotes & Sayings

Remember, our kind protects you Normals from the Pures. We are the rope tied between man and super-beast. A rope forever dangling from the precipice.
I tap Zetania's shoulder and ask, "What's a precipice?"
"A cliff's edge," she whispers.
Precipice. Must be a French word. — Daven Anderson

I am interposing overlaid planes a short way off ... To make it understood that things are in front of each other instead of being scattered in space. — Georges Braque

Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world. — Frank B. Kellogg

It's a real gift to work with my sister. We obviously have such a shorthand communicating with each other that it makes the process easier. And from growing up together and watching so many films together, we ended up with pretty similar taste. — Jennifer Todd

My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private. — Kate Bush

It's true, isn't it? Then what else really matters? — Gordon B. Hinckley

I don't mind crack," I said. "I like crack as much as the next man. But it's not doing a thing for my nerves, and I already have a splitting headache - I say, I don't suppose those heroin dealers carry Anadin or acetaminophen or anything like that, do they?" "I think they just have heroin, Charlie. — Paul Murray

'Genes, Girls, and Gamow' was an attempt, even more than 'The Double Helix,' to mix science with one's personal life. With 'The Double Helix,' no one had done it before, but I thought I'd try. — James D. Watson

There once was a hero who flew too close to the sun. His wings of wax fell apart and he plummeted to the earth. — Hiromu Arakawa

Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels. — Roger Ebert

Right now, Prophet was all goddamned his, all here and present in the moment, and Tom planned to keep it that way. Quickly, — S.E. Jakes

The lies you wanted to hear were the easiest ones to tell. — James Whitfield Thomson

[H]istorians have powerful imaginations, which are essential and dangerous. — Bob Stinson

The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred. — George Santayana

As a jailer, I never got to understand my charges. But when I became a bandit, I spent a lot of time being close to the lowliest of the low: criminals, the enslaved, deserters, men who had nothing to lose. Contrary to what I had expected, I found that they had a hardscrabble beauty and grace. They were not mean in their nature, but made mean by the meanness of their rulers. The poor were willing to endure much, but the emperor had taken everything from them. — Ken Liu