How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.
Maya AngelouYeah, I like to keep myself interested – I’ll kind of throw myself into some area that I don’t completely know or understand, that I’m not adept at, so I’m forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There’s a good feeling that comes from that.
David ByrneI still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is either too much law and order or too little.
Christopher HitchensBoth the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
J. Robert OppenheimerI prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.
Angelina JolieEducation must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
Noam ChomskyOf course humans like to explore, and we should. There’s nothing wrong with that. But it’s more than that. It’s essential for your children and your children’s children.
Jeff BezosWe humans for millions of years were nomadic. We associated freedom and well-being with the ability to move into open spaces, to find places more suited to hunting.
Robert GreeneA zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.
Stephen HawkingFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Ronald ReaganI’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.
Richard BransonLook, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.
Joe BidenCycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.
David ByrneI think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven’t tried that for a while. Maybe this time it’ll work.
George CarlinAll the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston ChurchillFighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.
Maya AngelouWithout freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Benjamin FranklinA wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Thomas JeffersonLiberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Marcus Tullius CiceroLiberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
James MadisonIt is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Bertrand RussellSeeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
Hermann HesseWell, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.
Richard BransonA lot of people can’t stand touring but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it.
Bob DylanIn the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy as a prisoner’s chains.
Dwight D. EisenhowerSince we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.
Blaise PascalI love to travel, but hate to arrive.
Albert EinsteinWe’ve climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it’s a valley of peace.
George W. BushWhen even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.
Harry S. TrumanFor to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Nelson MandelaI love all kinds of insects, and I’ve heard Australia has some really interesting bugs.
AuroraOnly the educated are free.
EpictetusMandela’s heroism is the heroism of a man who suffered so badly for what he thought of as freedom. And yet when he had the upper hand he has this incredible self-control and these incredible leadership qualities.
BonoThe course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.
George W. BushLiberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
Edmund BurkeNo man is free who is not master of himself.
EpictetusPeople have more freedom to bring more of their personal qualities into the role they play once they have established themselves and their competence is no longer in question. But this is always within limits.
Robert GreeneEvery family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.
Margaret ThatcherI need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world.
Angelina JolieThe people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
Edmund BurkeThe world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Bertrand RussellTowering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
Abraham LincolnFreedom without limits is just a word.
Terry PratchettDogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security and a false sense of ‚I know.‘ Nothing has inflicted more suffering on humanity than its dogmas.
Eckhart TolleA man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiIn all my wild mountaineering, I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride; and the start was so sudden, and the end came so soon, I thought but little of the danger that goes with this sort of travel, though one thinks fast at such times.
John MuirI got to Africa. I got the opportunity to go and learn, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in my dream world, the forest in Gombe National Park in Tanzania. It was Tanganyika when I began.
Jane GoodallNo man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
Samuel JohnsonIf you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.
Dwight D. EisenhowerFreedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.
Jocko WillinkWhen I don’t feel free and can’t do what I want I just react. I go against it.
Keanu ReevesTo be able to travel the world, especially to places I never thought I’d be… it’s really, you know, still fascinating for me.
Beyonce KnowlesThere is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It’s really great.
Jim MattisIt is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles – the oppression of tyranny – to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
Abraham LincolnI’ve been away since I was pretty much eight, traveling to the car tracks, and then going to Europe and traveling more.
Lando NorrisIt is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
VoltaireOn life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
Alexander PopeOne of the things that we’re trying to do with Creative Labs and all our experiences is explore things that aren’t all tied to Facebook identity. Some things will be, but not everything will have to be, because there are some sets of experiences that are just better with other identities.
Mark ZuckerbergBuy the ticket, take the ride.
Hunter S. ThompsonIn this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.
Noam Chomsky