“We all have our fears. Anyone who says otherwise is probably scared of admitting it.”

“Playing it safe might not have hurt anyone, but it wouldnt have inspired many, either.”

“Like everyone, I have my challengesbut they sure dont have me.”

“Playing it safe might not have hurt anyone, but it wouldn’t have inspired many, either.”

“Life, to me, is like fishing: you won’t catch anything until you start, and every year you get older is another year the fish might slip through the net.”

“Like everyone, I have my challenges—but they sure don’t have me.”

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitud...”

“The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.”

“There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.”

“He can't have gone, he said "Christ know he can't have gone. He's making a turn. Maybe he has been hooked before and her remembers something of it." The he felt the gentle touch on the line and he ...”

“Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”