Twight Climbing Quotes & Sayings

Sooner or later,
wittingly or unwittingly,
we must pay
for every intrusion
on the natural environment. — Barry Commoner

I don't actually care what I climb, only how it affects me. Which means the summit doesn't matter as much as the emotional process. — Mark Twight

One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved. — Diane Ackerman

The life that goes out in love to all life is the life that is full, and rich, and continually expanding in beauty and in power. — Ralph Waldo Trine

All roads to world peace travel through peace of mind. — Charles F. Glassman

The american climber Mark Twight, mentor of the Grivel climbing team, commented, "Now every ill-prepared sad sack whose ability falls short of his Himalayan ambitions can get on the radio, call for help, and expect the cavalry to save the day"
- on Tomaz Humar's rescue from Rupal Face of Nanga Parvat. — Bernadette McDonald

I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director. — Martin Scorsese

This life is so complex that we rarely get to be the people we are truly meant to be. Instead, we wear masks and put up walls to keep from dealing with the fear of rejection, the feeling of regret, the very idea that someone may not love us for who we are deep in our core, that they might not understand the things that drive us. — Catherine Doyle

Who am I to stop everybody just to tell my stupid story? It's presumptuous. — Brendan Benson

I'd like to see the bay cleaned up before I die. — Richard Wright