Erik Weihenmayer Quotes

When I'm following someone, I'm listening to a bear bell strapped to their packs. When I'm leading on a climb, like on a rock, I like to feel my way through it on my own, so I know the tricky moves and where to place gear.

Erik Weihenmayer

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• Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.

  

  Nancy Greene
  • People
  • Community
  • Place

• Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • Writing
  • Age
  • Death

• It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Law
  • Justice
  • Spirit

• I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Opinion
  • Design
  • Personality

• But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

  

  Dabney Coleman
  • Acting
  • Teaching
  • Profession

• Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • May
  • Christmas
  • Birds

• This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Long
  • High
  • Expensive

• Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Security
  • Immigration

• Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • May
  • Attractive
  • Toxic

• Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.

  

  Zeljko Ivanek
  • Wish
  • Like
  • I Wish

• When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.

  

  Pat Boone
  • People
  • Political
  • Caring

• The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Life
  • Up
  • You

• Coinbase is 'the' brand in the Bitcoin space. Their founder Brian Armstrong was amongst the first good entrepreneurs to emerge in this space. While others championed ideological or underground/illicit interests, Brian saw an opportunity to change the world for the better and build a big business out of it.

  

  Adam Draper
  • World
  • Good
  • Business

• All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives.

  

  Alice Ripley
  • Job
  • Night
  • Jump

• When I was eleven years old, I basically looked the same as I do now.

  

  Emily Ratajkowski

• Every day, I pinch myself. It has been an incredible journey.

  

  Karen Katz
  • Journey

• Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both.

  

  Leroy Chiao
  • Work
  • Great
  • Different

• Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the time to pull into ourselves, retreating into either survivalist or escapist mode. To the contrary, this is the time for titans, not turtles. Now is the time to open our arms, expand our horizons, and dream big. Big problems require big solutions.

  

  Van Jones
  • Time
  • Home
  • Dream

• For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Real
  • Experience
  • Know

• I was doing a lot of networking in the Valley, and I found that it was not a very diverse environment, and most of the conferences and meetup events I went to, there weren't many women or people of color in those rooms.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
  • People
  • Women
  • Environment

• I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead Intel. We have amazing assets, tremendous talent, and an unmatched legacy of innovation and execution. I look forward to working with our leadership team and employees worldwide to continue our proud legacy while moving even faster into ultra-mobility to lead Intel into the next era.

  

  Brian Krzanich
  • Opportunity
  • Team
  • Amazing

• When I'm following someone, I'm listening to a bear bell strapped to their packs. When I'm leading on a climb, like on a rock, I like to feel my way through it on my own, so I know the tricky moves and where to place gear.

  

  Erik Weihenmayer
  • Moving
  • Following
  • Leading