Jon Krakauer Quotes

Why climb? That's a question that baffles me. It perplexes me. I really asked that a lot on Everest. I can't justify it. I can't say it's for a good cause. All I can say is look at the history of exploration: it's full of vainglorious pursuits.

Jon Krakauer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1954

Topics

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America is haunted by an apparition steeped in slavery, and I wanted to remind everyone that, 'Yo, we've got to handle this.'

Jidenna

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Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.

Jesse Ventura

MoneyGovernmentRememberYouFirst

I was brought up in black neighborhoods in South Baltimore. And we really felt like we were very black. We acted black and we spoke black. When I was a kid growing up, where I came from, it was hip to be black. To be white was kind of square.

Jerry Leiber

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There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk.

Maxine Waters

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Many U.S. investors are already investing overseas rather than at home.

Robert Kiyosaki

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The more you do, the more experience you have and the next time it will be easier to choose the right thing.

Andy Lau

TimeExperienceYouChooseWill

I know why I'm here. I know why I was placed in music, and it's not by coincidence.

Tory Lanez

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I have always liked clothes and fashion. And really, being a British male, I am automatically the best dressed person in any room - especially in America.

Tom Odell

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I knew I wanted to try comedy and acting. Even if I failed, at least I would have tried. It's better than never having tried.

Rob Riggle

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I like to move forward and notice things along the roadside that indicate where I should go.

Josh Homme

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According to my wife, my use of vocabulary is wide and varied.

Christopher Monckton

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My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs, so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin.

Clint Smith

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