"Is climbing, as a passion and as a sport, better off now than it was in the past? We can do harder climbs now in faster times - techniques are more refined and equipement more sophisticated - but are we really any better off?"

--

Yvon Chouinard

#Sports Quotes #Passion Quotes #Past Quotes

“When I am writing a story it feels as real as the life I am experiencing off the page. It's an emotional illusion, I guess.”

Source : "Tayari Jones Knows Why She Sings". Interview with Ru Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 09, 2012.
“The wise person questions himself, the fool others.”
“It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason. And maybe I've gotten it backward, maybe it's just because I need a reason that I find myself falling in love with her. But I don't think that's it. I think I would have continued along, oblivious, if I hadn't happened to meet her.”
“The possessions of the rich are stolen property.”
“The scope of what I have to say determines the length of what I write.”

Source : Source: www.sfsignal.com
“Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have”
“It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.”

Source : Corey Taylor (2012). “Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good”, p.28, Da Capo Press
“For an actor, you're rejected eight or ten times a day. All you've got to sell is yourself. You're not selling products, they're not turning down a car, they're turning you down. Most people can't handle that. Most people are essentially not set up that way.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

You may also like:

David R. Brower
Environmentalist
Dean Potter
Climber
Douglas Tompkins
Environmentalist
Jim Bridwell
Rock climber
John Salathe
Rock Climber
Lionel Terray
Climber
Lynn Hill
Rock Climber
Thomas McGuane
Author
Nora Gallagher
Author