Lewis Gordon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Children #Environment #Our Children
Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Challenges #Climate #Problem
I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Mean #Past #Two
I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Thinking #People #Trying
When I was born, the world's population was 3.5 billion. There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. By 2050, that's expected to rise to 9.4 billion. What's more, the Earth's resources aren't growing; they're decreasing - and rapidly.
-- Lewis Gordon

#People #Population #World
We need to save the Arctic not because of the polar bears, and not because it is the most beautiful place in the world, but because our very survival depends upon it.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Beautiful #Survival #Needs
Of all the creatures in the world that really frighten me - the hyena in Africa, the great white shark - leopard seals are near the top of the list. They're killers. If my team spots one, they'll pull me out of the water.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Team #Sharks #White
The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we're exploring are the full boundaries of human endeavour. It's not physical - it's all in the head.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Long #Gone #Done
When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Color #Water #Swim
The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Islands #Swim #Deception
There is nothing more powerful than the made up mind.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Powerful #Mind #Made
The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is our most important human right.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Important #Generations #Benefits
If you want to swim across the English Channel from England to France - you have to leave your doubt on the beach in England.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Beach #Swim #Doubt
Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Decision #Tides #Instinct
Ultimately I wanted to be a pioneer swimmer, a distant descendant of Scott, Amundsen and Hillary, except that I would be an explorer of the water.
-- Lewis Gordon

#Water #Pioneers #Would Be

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