Conrad Anker Quotes

Once I graduated from university, I wanted to climb and be outdoors as much as possible. I worked as a part-time carpenter and kept up a relationship with The North Face. One thing led to another, and I'm lucky to be where I am now. It was a circuitous path with lots of adventure throughout.

Conrad Anker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1962

Topics

RelationshipPathAdventureI AmNow

For John Wilkes Booth, sweeping, grand gestures were a way of life. It was how he navigated his way through this world. The bigger and bolder, the better.

Jesse Johnson

LifeWorldBetterWayBiggerGrand

What was God doing before the divine creation?

Stephen Hawking

GodDoingCreationDivineBefore

As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions.

Stanislav Grof

ResearchEnergyLongEasyProject

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.

Martin Scorsese

EyesWorldLovedSeeingBoyThrough

I'm definitely scared about newspapers. The problem is nobody wants to catch a falling knife, and nobody knows where things will stabilise. The value of newspapers has dropped significantly. I think we still have more pain to be felt.

Jared Kushner

PainValueThinkProblemNobody

You couldn't play if you weren't tough. You'd get bullied. Everybody who comes through the Civitan Recreation Center has to be tough. It's what we breed.

Draymond Green

ToughYouPlayRecreationThrough

I also wanted Parker to operate in the Internet age without losing being Parker. He's always operated in the world without really being with the world, and cyberspace means that the rest of us are more and more living the same way.

Donald E. Westlake

AgeLosingWorldRestInternetWay

Los Angeles is an amazing city to live in, but the traffic is unbelievable. It's overwhelming at times. It's the source of a lot of frustration.

David Sutcliffe

LiveCityAmazingFrustrationSource

It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that.

Claire Messud

WomenAngerNegativeTryingEmotions

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

Brian McDermott

ParentsBornBloodGrandparents

I almost never listen to radio or watch political talk shows, especially if I happen to be on them.

Bret Stephens

PoliticalTalkListenNeverRadio

Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

Brad Henry

DemocracyReadingEducatedInformed

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