Famous Quotes & Sayings

Yakima Canutt was famously John Wayne's stunt double, and in the Western movie 'Stagecoach,' there is a fantastic scene where there are some horses thundering along, pulling a carriage. He climbs out onto the horses and drops down underneath them, so he's being dragged along, and then he lets go.

Chris Carter

In Canada, I climbed some mountains with the Alpine Club of Canada, which taught me a lot about stamina.

Vivek Wadhwa

Building a company isn't that different from climbing a big mountain. You need people helping you traverse treacherous paths and to lift you up when you fall.

It is my desire to be a great writer. I know that I still have a mountain to climb to achieve that.

Philippe Petit

I started making monkey bridges, like kids do, and climbing and rappelling with ropes. Very naturally, I needed some knots. At the very beginning, I didn't care, I didn't know, and then slowly I started to know, and I started to care. I wanted to know more knots or the right knot for the special action.

David Cameron

We have a massive mountain to climb if we're to win the next election.

Tim conceived the idea to discourage young people from getting sucked into anti-social welfare activities. The climb represents a mission of hope and true lesson in overcoming adversity.

Rafer Alston

Yeah, we're still in the playoff hunt, but it's still a big hill to climb to make it. We probably have to win out the rest of the season.

Jamal Lewis

The pressure's on us. We're 0-2 and we have to climb out of this hole.

We are in a situation where inventories have been severely stressed, it'll take some time to climb back out of that,

Bruce Bochy

We are disappointed we couldn't make it more of a series and win some games. We didn't play well in St. Louis. Today, they got the big lead and we couldn't climb out of it.

You know where they put castles. They don't put them down in the valleys. You have to be able to climb to the top of the hills.

We expect 250 students to be using this facility when it opens. That number is expected to climb steadily over the next 20 years.

We dug ourselves a hole with some losses in the first half of district, but we're trying to climb out of it. We just have to take things one match at a time.

We played really solid defense. Once we got the four runs there might have been a little overconfidence, but I guess that's better than having a losing attitude. We let them climb back in but we played solid defense until we could squeeze a run in on them in the ninth inning.

Petrarch

I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.

Aron Ralston

I feel like I'm climbing as well, if not better, than ever.

I think it's just neat for the kids, to finish that climb to the top. I'm really glad to be able to rest. It was our first time playing always as the favorite instead of moving up, trying to knock someone off. We really felt the pressure of teams coming after us. It was tough, to keep working hard and not get complacent.

It could be a very hazardous job. You are going up and down ladders all day and sometimes climbing on places that are still damaged. It's very unfortunate. Our hearts go out to him and his family.

I thought we stayed right with them. It was just that one lull that put us in a hole that was difficult to climb out of. But I thought we did a good job climbing.

Jeff Mullins

He was climbing a little early, but Victor said he then leveled off nice. There just wasn't any pace in the race.

Hank Azaria

I always hoped for a show that was realistic and provocative and moving and funny. And to me, it's exceeded those expectations ... not to mention the people who have climbed aboard to join in it. As a creative endeavor, it's been the greatest experience of my life.

I often start into these trips knowing that there's an underlying purpose that transcends merely climbing a peak.

William Shakespeare

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.

To climb back to the top is a good feeling.

We climbed to the top of the tail. That didn't help too much. It was underwater.

We climbed the mountain, but we didn't get all the way to the top. We know next year what we have to do to get back here and go further.

We climbed on the fire truck and I drove it, but it didn't move because I don't have my license.

We are climbing a ladder while others take the elevator. We make progress, but others make it faster.

Andy Serkis

Climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life, and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster.

Jacob Bronowski

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

Jerry Glanville

Being an underdog by one point or 50, it doesn't matter. I'm glad we are an underdog. Underdogs have more that they can achieve. They have more enjoyment if they're able to climb to the mountain top.

Trains can't suddenly climb hills just because they're small.