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Adventure Quotes

"I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understand they have pages and everything. Yeah, I've got to do that sometime."

"I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understand they have pages and everything. Yeah, I've got to do that sometime."

Frank Oz, American Actor

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"An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other."

"An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other."

Norma Shearer, American Actress

Adventure, May, Woman

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"There is no certainty; there is only adventure."

"There is no certainty; there is only adventure."

Roberto Assagioli, Italian Psychologist

Adventure, Certainty

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"To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while."

"To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Adventure, Diligence, Laws, Worth, Years

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"I don't want adventure.""I think you do. I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself."

"I don't want adventure.""I think you do. I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Adventure, Courage, Surprise, Strength

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"La vie est une aventure audacieuse ou alors elle n'est rien."

"La vie est une aventure audacieuse ou alors elle n'est rien."

Helen Keller, American Author

Adventure, Life, Courage, Existence

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"All these ships are currently safe at anchor but that is not what they were designed for is it? Your job is not to remain anchored and safe. Your job is to move closer to your destination at every attempt."

"All these ships are currently safe at anchor but that is not what they were designed for is it? Your job is not to remain anchored and safe. Your job is to move closer to your destination at every attempt."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

Adventure, Courage, Destiny, Risk

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"There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males."

"There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males."

Gary Gygax, American Inventor

Adventure, Humanity

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"She would have an adventure. For herself. This one time. She would see her homeland, and smell it and breathe it in. See it from high above, see it racing as fast as the wind. She owed herself that much."

"She would have an adventure. For herself. This one time. She would see her homeland, and smell it and breathe it in. See it from high above, see it racing as fast as the wind. She owed herself that much."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Adventure, Freedom, Discovery, Self

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"Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you."

"Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you."

Robert Kiyosaki, American Author

Adventure, Open, Will

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"You know how it is. Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another."

"You know how it is. Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Adventure, Travel, Surprise, Change

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"I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together."

"I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together."

Rachel McAdams, Canadian Actress

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"Explore new adventures."

"Explore new adventures."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Adventure, Explore, Adventures, New, Life

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"I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure."

"I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure."

Nigel Kennedy, English Musician

Adventure, Want

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"The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been."

"The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been."

George F. Kennan, American Historian

Adventure, Lonely, Pleasure, Will

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"Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested."

"Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested."

Richard Branson, British Businessman

Adventure, Balloons, Being, First, Flying

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"In every voyage, be fully present."

"In every voyage, be fully present."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Adventure, Voyage, Present, Moment, Life

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"There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t."

"There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t."

William Trogdon, American Author

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"Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us-long-range radar, still not in sight.Piper leaned over the console. "Are you sure they're Roman?Leo rolled his eyes. "No, Pipes. It could be a random group of giant eagles flying in perfect formation. Of course they're Roman!"

"Festus just detected a large group of eagles behind us-long-range radar, still not in sight.Piper leaned over the console. "Are you sure they're Roman?Leo rolled his eyes. "No, Pipes. It could be a random group of giant eagles flying in perfect formation. Of course they're Roman!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Adventure, Humor, Life, Power, Friendship

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"I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance."

"I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance."

Bob Black, American Activist

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"My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore."

"My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore."

Roberta Williams, American Designer

Adventure, Obstacles

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"If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea."

"If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea."

Joshua Slocum, Canadian Explorer

Adventure, May, Sea

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"Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result."

"Sometimes you like the personal adventure implicit in the making of a film, and sometimes you like your part in a film, and sometimes you like the final result."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Adventure, Film, Result

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"The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles."

"The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles."

Bill Bowerman, American Coach

Adventure, Magic, Man

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"The events of the day's march are now becoming so dreary and dispiriting that one longs to forget them when we camp; it is an effort even to record them in a diary."

"The events of the day's march are now becoming so dreary and dispiriting that one longs to forget them when we camp; it is an effort even to record them in a diary."

Robert Falcon Scott, British Explorer

Adventure, Day, Effort, Events, Forget

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"Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars."

"Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

Adventure, Daisies, Memories, Stars

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"This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected."

"This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Adventure, Journey, Story, Discovery

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"I always go extreme ways."

"I always go extreme ways."

Niki Lauda, Austrian Athlete

Adventure, Extreme

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"I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure."

"I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure."

Steven Chu, American Scientist

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"There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth."

"There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth."

Peter Straub, American Writer

Adventure, Books, Boys, Mystery

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"By hook or by crook, I hope that you will possess yourselves of money enough to travel and to idle, to contemplate the future or the past of the world, to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream."

"By hook or by crook, I hope that you will possess yourselves of money enough to travel and to idle, to contemplate the future or the past of the world, to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Adventure, Money, Travel, Dreams, Idleness

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"Roald Amundsen says that 'Adventure is just bad planning.' In that case, friends, let us make more bad planning!"

"Roald Amundsen says that 'Adventure is just bad planning.' In that case, friends, let us make more bad planning!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Adventure, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

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"The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure."

"The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Adventure, Artists, Film, Tomorrow

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"Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome."

"Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome."

William Bligh, British Soldier

Adventure, Ships, Summer, Water

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"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."

John Masefield, English Poet

Adventure, Lonely, Sea, Sky

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"As the Spanish proverb says 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge."

"As the Spanish proverb says 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Adventure, Travel, Knowledge, Wisdom, Wealth

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"I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it."

"I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it."

Jason Segel, American Actor

Adventure, First, Kids, Pretty

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"Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love."

"Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Adventure, Mistake, Passion, Love

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"Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find."

"Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find."

William Least Heat Moon, American Writer

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"I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing."

"I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing."

Lloyd Alexander, American Writer

Adventure, Writing

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"I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads."

"I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Adventure, Soul, Exploration, Self

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"Not all those who wander are lost."

"Not all those who wander are lost."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Adventure, Lost, Journey, Identity, Freedom

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"Man needs air, man needs water, man needs food and man needs adventure also! Adventure is a medicine for the infinite boredom."

"Man needs air, man needs water, man needs food and man needs adventure also! Adventure is a medicine for the infinite boredom."

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Adventure, Inspirational, Happiness, Power, Truth

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"Dare to take chances. Dare to take the path less traveled. You may never know where the path may lead you."

"Dare to take chances. Dare to take the path less traveled. You may never know where the path may lead you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Adventure, Dare, Take, Path, Less

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"Traveling through the Dragon's Den, it has just been explained that Haroun, the Ifrit, has been caught in a mirror trap. Here is the passage that follows:"So," said Silas. "Now there are only three of us.""And a pig," said Kandar [the mummy]"Why?" Asked Miss Lupescu, with a wolf-tongue, through wolf teeth. "Why the Pig?""It's lucky," said Kandar.Miss Lupescu growled, unconvinced."Did Haroun have a pig?" asked Kandar, simply."

"Traveling through the Dragon's Den, it has just been explained that Haroun, the Ifrit, has been caught in a mirror trap. Here is the passage that follows:"So," said Silas. "Now there are only three of us.""And a pig," said Kandar [the mummy]"Why?" Asked Miss Lupescu, with a wolf-tongue, through wolf teeth. "Why the Pig?""It's lucky," said Kandar.Miss Lupescu growled, unconvinced."Did Haroun have a pig?" asked Kandar, simply."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Creativity

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"Life is a long travel. The end of the journey is often unpredictable."

"Life is a long travel. The end of the journey is often unpredictable."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Adventure, Travel, Long, Journey, End

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"Adventures of Lailah Gifty Akita, the wonder woman!"

"Adventures of Lailah Gifty Akita, the wonder woman!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Adventure, Lailah, Wonder, Woman

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"Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure."

"Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure."

Irving Wallace, American Author

Adventure, Excitement, Man, World

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"Adventure is not outside man; it is within."

"Adventure is not outside man; it is within."

George Eliot, British Author

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"To sleep after sunrise was impossible on account of the number of flies which kept buzzing about the face."

"To sleep after sunrise was impossible on account of the number of flies which kept buzzing about the face."

George Grey, New Zealander Leader

Adventure, Flies, Sleep, Newzealander

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