Viesturs The Mountain Quotes & Sayings

Early on May 23, 1997, from 28,500 feet on Everest, I witnessed the incredible shadow of the mountain, the penumbra, forming to the west as the sun rose behind me. The full moon from the night before was still visible. The bluish cast of the atmosphere can also be seen. — Ed Viesturs

I got a rhythm going. The guys just did a good job of putting the ball in my hands. — Dwyane Wade

The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat. — Ed Viesturs

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means. — Steve Sabol

What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa. — B.F. Skinner

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film. — Sally Field

Psychic power is the ability to download information directly from the Universe. — Lada Ray

Loneliness surrounds me without your arms around me. — Tammy Wynette

Modern technology has taken the angst out of achieving the perfect shot. For me, the only thing that counts is the idea behind the image: what you want to see and what you're trying to say. The idea is crucial. You have to think of something you want to say and expand upon it. — Martin Parr

Nature indifferently copied is far superior to the best idealities. — John James Audubon

What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny. — Denis Leary

Heat burned in his eyes, something a little darker and more intense than our typical bantering called for. "In fact, I'm downright unstoppable now. A god, babe. Come on back to the office, and I'll show you."
I walked away, giving him a taunting look over my shoulder, still playing it light. "Not my religion, babe. — Richelle Mead

K2 is not some malevolent being, lurking there above the Baltoro, waiting to get us. It's just there. It's indifferent. It's an inanimate mountain made of rock, ice, and snow. The "savageness" is what we project onto it, as if we blame the peak for our own misadventures on it. — Ed Viesturs

If I enter into your dream and say, "wake up!" If you awaken, then the dream will vanish. We'll be right where we always were and always will be, everywhere and nowhere - eternally perfect, infinite awareness. — Frederick Lenz