#adventurer

You will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#money #money

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ↗

— John Updike

#artists #behalf #content #distinguishes #entertainers

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#always #empires #great #great things #sovereigns

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#discovery #i #invention #like

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#ask #bend #books #characters #determines

He reminded me of one of those adventure seekers on TV. He hadn’t shaved in a few days at least, and his reddish hair was suffering from intense bed head. His Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts completed the look. I was inclined to ask him if he knew we were all marked for death or if he just thought he was taking a long cruise. ↗

— Jessica Fortunato

#death #death

The bold adventurer succeeds the best. ↗

— Ovid

#best #bold #succeeds

Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. ↗

— Tom Cochrane

#australia #break #canada #cultural #ground

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate. ↗

— O. Henry

#aimless #fate #forth #goes #greet

If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message. ↗

— Moustapha Akkad

#because #blame #christianity #crusades #did