"By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate."

-- Edward Abbey

#Fate Quotes #Men Quotes #Age Quotes

“I think one of the reasons I'm so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at the same time, which is why my revisions are so sustained.”
“Ambiguity is really important to me. Part of the difficulty facing photographers is that almost any subject matter has accumulated a representational history, so to find a new discursive space, a space to wander around those subject matters, is a real challenge.”
“Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I would be a chickenshit forever.”

Source : John Sherman (2012). “Sherman Exposed: Slightly Censored Climbing Stories”, p.176, The Mountaineers Books
“Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'”
“It is dangerous to understand new things too quickly.”
“The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out and do the best you can.”

Source : Song: Humidity Built The Snowman
“I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.”
“Returnless risk is not how you prepare for a decent retirement.”

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