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Quotes by Explorer
"Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude."
87
"I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses."
Man,
80
"The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it."
78
"We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South."
77
"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things."
70
"Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be."
69
"If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest."
64
"One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls."
58
"Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all."
52
"Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong."
38
"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go."
35
"I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward."
35
"I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April."
34
"We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting."
34
"Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again."
34
"The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name."
33
"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity."
33
"We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things."
33
"In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death."
33
"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."
32
"Tomorrow morning before we depart, I intend to land and see what can be found in the neighborhood."
32
"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."
31
"During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home."
31
"Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys."
30
"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune."
30
"Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day."
29
"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."
29
"They killed our mirror, our light, our comfort and our true guide."
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