“I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward”— Fridjtof Nansen, amazon.com
“I’ve found out that Malakula was named by Captain James Cook. It comes from the French mal au cul which means ‘pain in the arse’ after Cook found it difficult to deal with cannibals, volcanoes and other annoying features. It’s good to know proper explorers sometimes share the feelings I have on my t…”— Karl Pilkington, amazon.com
“The world is a huge place. How will you know where you fit in unless you explore beyond your comfort zone?”— Katie McGarry, amazon.com
“You will remain here until relief arrives. You have ample seal food which you can supplement with birds and fish according to your skill.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“Dear Sir, In the event of my not surviving the boat journey to South Georgia you will do your best for the rescue of the party.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“No seals. Must reduce blubber consumption . . . oh for a touch of dry land under our feet.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“Wonderful, amazing splendid. Lat. 65°43' South–73 miles North drift. The most cheerful good fortune for a year for us: We cannot be much more than 170 miles from Paulet. Everyone greeted the news with cheers.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“One hardly likes to guess what our distance may be, but tonight is the fourth of this blow and there are no signs of it abating so we ought to have made a good distance to the North.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“I am rather tired, I suppose it is the strain. ...I long for some rest, free from thought.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“The last day of the old year: May the new one bring us good fortune, a safe deliverance from this anxious time & all good things to those we love so far away.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“We had seen God in His splendors, we had heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man.”— Ernest Shackleton, amazon.com
“No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn’t die out, it’s wiped out.”— B.F. Skinner, amazon.com
“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”— Joss Whedon, articles.chicagotribune.com
“With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.”— Paul Berg, nobelprize.org