"It was cold. Space, the air we breathed, the yellow rocks, were deadly cold. There was something ultimate, passionless, and eternal in this cold. It came to us as a single constant note from the depths of space. We stood on the very boundary of life and death."

-- Frank Smythe

#Travel Quotes #Nature Quotes #Yellow Quotes

“Were designed for persistence hunting, which is a mix of running and walking. Whats built into that kind of running is a sense of pleasure. You are designed and built and perfect for this activity, and it should be enjoyable and fun.”
“I never want to travel while I'm on vacation anymore. The only vacations I want to take now are ones where I just go and sit somewhere.”

Source : "The Walkmen". Interview With Mike Carriere, pitchfork.com. November 25, 2008.
“I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.”
“I don't know what happened. I just didn't feel good today.”
“Fit is everything. I don't care what your body type is like: If you're not wearing clothes that fit you, you can't have style.”
“Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.81
“We're searching for the answers so we can destroy them and dream up better questions.”
“A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking.”

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