"For every hiker, climber or canoeist who gets into trouble, there are thousands more who don't. Peter Bronski's compelling account of misadventures in the Adirondacks is a necessary corrective for those who go into the mountains unwary of the dangers."

-- Jim Wickwire

#Mountain Quotes #Trouble Quotes #Danger Quotes

“In the early days of the video game business, everybody played. The question is, what happened? My theory - and I think it's pretty well borne out - is that in the '80s, games got gory, and that lost the women. And then they got complex, and that lost the casual gamer.”
“Your adventure has to be coming out of your own interior. If you are ready for it then doors will open where there were no doors before, and where there would not be doors for anyone else. And you must have courage. It's the call to adventure, which means there is no security, no rules.”
“You do not have a problem except the one that is in your own mind, and you put it there!”
“I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.”
“The last 10 to 20 years youâ€™d think that it has been all about VCs making money, because thatâ€™s all we hear about. But really it is all about VCs failing and failing to return capital and being f**king idiots. VCs are stupid. They are absolutely stupid. Does anyone want to challenge that statement? Does anyone think that VCs are not stupid?”
“Faith is an unclassified cognitive illness disguised as a moral virtue.”
“I like to be a bowler because I can't bat properly. After 17 years of cricket I have got the opportunities and made the wickets fall.”
“Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I cant imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.”

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