Surfing Quotes

• There's something suspicious about saying, 'I'm just going to leave my child alone and let her pursue her passions.' You know what? I think most 13-year-olds' passion is sitting in front of the TV, or doing Facebook, or surfing the Internet for hours.

  

  Amy Chua
  • Alone
  • Passion
  • Surfing

• There was one thing I loved a little bit more than surfing - and that was acting.

  

  Kelsey Grammer
  • Surfing

• There is wisdom in waves. Some surfers see it right away, others never do. To find success in surfing, we must learn to be in harmony with nature. This will bring a sense of peace. By sharing this peace, and contributing to other people's happiness, we can find the true meaning of life. Keep surfing . . .

  

  Gerry Lopez
  • People
  • Meaning
  • Harmony

• I'm not immune to the charms of the female form. And when I was 17 and I spent every spare minute surfing, most of the girls we hung out with would be topless.

  

  Simon Baker
  • Girl
  • Form
  • Female

• One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It's really what the surfing experience is all about.

  

  Gerry Lopez
  • Experience
  • Learning
  • Awareness

• I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating with your car. So when you navigate with your car, you want to get somewhere. When you surf, you don't want to get somewhere, you just don't want to fall off your board.

  

  Etgar Keret
  • Writing
  • Giving
  • Fall

• I've never been to college, and I think about that. But I kept putting it off, and I am also thinking about having a child, and that's really important. Also, I want to do a lot of traveling and surfing - two of my hobbies.

  

  Jorja Fox
  • Surfing
  • Traveling
  • Hobbies

• Africa is one of my favorite places because there are so many things to do - either surfing or going to see the animals. You can drive two hours or six hours up the coast - or just 15 minutes up the road - and it's probably something you haven't seen before.

  

  John John Florence
  • Up
  • Road
  • Surfing

• You have to be very clear with yourself about how you're going to spend your time. When a child is at school or napping, you need to realize that this is your writing time and you don't spend it surfing the Internet or reading.

  

  Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Writing
  • Children
  • School

• I think somebody like Wes Anderson has a very good sense of style and is original. I think my sense of style got a little bit better after I was exposed to you guys at Valentino. Because I'm just in Hawaii and Malibu; it's just kind of T-shirts and surfing-type stuff.

  

  Owen Wilson
  • Style
  • Surfing
  • Hawaii

• I try changing my surfing, which is the absolute worst thing you can do. Everyone surfs their own way. If I try to surf like someone else I look like a dork.

  

  Andy Irons
  • Way
  • Changing
  • Surfing

• I really think there's an evolution to the practice and the individual no matter what brings you in, whether it's wine and yoga or chocolate and yoga or surfing and yoga.

  

  Beryl Bender Birch
  • Practice
  • Yoga
  • Evolution

• Surfing is incredible. It's both meditative and physical. I think it was my way into California.

  

  Rachel Morrison
  • Think
  • Way
  • California

• Photography, for me, is a lot like web surfing in real life.

  

  Alec Soth
  • Real
  • Photography
  • Surfing

• Well, in regards to surfing, I’ve learned that there is always another wave coming. Translated that means there is always tomorrow. No matter how badly you get caught inside, if you can just hang in there and keep paddling, the set is going to pass and there will be a lull afterwards. So don’t give up, just take your pounding, wait until the set passes, then make your move.

  

  Gerry Lopez
  • Giving
  • Moving
  • Positive

• I think it's important to cross train. Surfing is a good cross training sport for your shoulders. I don't think I know of any other football player who does it, who can go and paddle out past the sets.

  

  Troy Polamalu
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Past

• And bring me a hard copy of the Internet so I can do some serious surfing.

  

  Scott Adams
  • Internet
  • Surfing
  • Copy

• To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary 'surfing' and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts.

  

  Andrew Weil
  • Attention
  • Worry
  • Surfing

• I've tried body surfing. It's nice.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Nice
  • Body
  • Hypnosis

• Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again.

  

  Marc Newson
  • Surfing

• 'Dirtbag' is just the term we use, like a 'gnarly dude' in surfing. Within the climbing culture, it means being a committed lifer: someone who has embraced a minimalist ethic in order to rock climb. It basically means you're a homeless person by choice.

  

  Alex Honnold
  • Culture
  • Rock
  • Homeless

• I learned to surf for 'Soul Surfer.' Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.

  

  Dennis Quaid
  • Soul
  • Magic
  • Golf

• If I didn't follow my passion for surfing... I would have never come up with the concept to make a wrist camera.

  

  Nicholas D. Woodman
  • Passion
  • Cameras
  • Concepts

• Everyone gets caught inside when surfing. You have 2 options. Give up or paddle outside. Life is the same. Keep paddling!

  

  Gerry Lopez
  • Giving
  • Surfing
  • Paddling

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