"If we ever have children and they become climbers I'll tell them, Stay away from expeditions. They'll make you poor and neurotic."

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Source : Greg Child (1998). “Thin Air: Encounters in the Himalayas”, p.158, Mountaineers Books

Greg Child

#Children Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Poor Quotes

“These Jews who run things, who are producing this mental illness ÂÂteenage suicide...all these Jewish sicknesses...that's nothing new. The Talmud's full of things like sex with boys and girls.”
“I think being beautiful is only one aspect of your life.”
“Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, standards, beliefs-and behavior. When our behavior is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.”
“My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.”
“In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication.”
“Pounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence.”

Source : Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”, p.285
“The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.”
“Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.”

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