"And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself."

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Source : Joshua Slocum (2007). “Sailing Alone: Around the World”, p.188, ReadHowYouWant.com

Joshua Slocum

#Adventure Quotes #Stories Quotes #Funny Travel Quotes

“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
“As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.”
“He showed in the last interview, as on the later portions of the chart, a genuine fondness for the rabbit.”
“When you play good, everything is good, but when you dont play so good, everything is bad. Even when you think there are good things, they still say bad things.”
“Never look back; something is always gaining on you.”
“Even today, some opt for the comforts of mystification, preferring to believe that the wonders of the ancient world were built by Atlanteans, gods, or space travelers, instead of by thousands toiling in the sun. Such thinking robs our forerunners of their due, and us of their experience. Because then one can believe whatever one likes about the past - without having to confront the bones, potsherds, and inscriptions which tell us that people all over the world, time and again, have made similar advances and mistakes.”

Source : Ronald Wright (2006). “An Illustrated Short History of Progress”
“Every obnoxious act is a cry for help.”
“Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.”

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