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Quotes about Exploration

We flee away from cities, but we bring The best of cities, these learned classifiers, Men knowing what they seek, armed eyes of experts.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them.
— John F. Kennedy
Education is man's going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier.
— Charles Kettering
But I shall follow the endless, winding way, — the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.
— Herman Melville
Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing, or very little, the shock can kill a man.
— Ernest Hemingway
It is necessary that every man have at least somewhere to go. For there are times when one absolutely must go at least somewhere!
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
So we went on what we now call "The Beck Family Church Tour" and man did we see some churches.
— Glenn Beck
Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.
— Gordon Hinckley
Among the map makers of each generation are the risk takers, those who see the opportunities, seize the moment and expand man's vision of the future
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The finished man of the world must eat of every apple once.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let a slight snow come and cover the earth, and the tracks of men will show how little the woods and fields are frequented.
— Henry David Thoreau
Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.
— Henry David Thoreau