Quotes of: Ulysses Keyword

For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

James Forrestal

We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace.

James D. Watkins

I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I had seen was not a rift in the clouds but the white crest of an enormous wave.

Ernest Shackleton

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

Ann Bancroft

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.

William Bligh

The pigeon here is a beautiful bird, of a delicate bronze colour, tinged with pink about the neck, and the wings marked with green and purple.

William John Wills

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

William John Wills

Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be.

William John Wills

The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.

Zebulon Pike

I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

Zebulon Pike

Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.

Marianne Williamson

I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.

Thor Heyerdahl

What i took away from witnessing the broken climbers in Moshi was this: *Everything is easy until it isn't.*

Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter

The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overal...

David Petraeus

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

John Wooden

In Mexico today the word for the ultimate, the best in anything from a straight flush to the sight of beautiful country, is , something which is 'wholly mother'.

Journey Through Europe

If asked which words one associated with the Sahara, only the most dedicated surrealist might be expected to offer "whale".

The Sahara: A Cultural History

A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.

Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way

Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has it worse than an Emperor penguin.

The Worst Journey in the World

I’m the winner of the “Best Interpretive Dance” for my adaptation of Joyce’s Ulysses into crunk. That’s cool and all, but you should see my Dostoevsky.

Xazaqazax

Flying solo, you have a fair workload. I'm not only flying the balloon but doing the navigation, communications, repairing the burners, taking care of the equipment.

Steve Fossett