As far as I was concerned, a little danger of head-shrinking is a small price to pay in return for a people who have remained true to an ancient code.

Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.

If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.

The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.

I was no longer troubled when he pulled out a machete in a crowded bar, tried to pick up schoolgirls, or threatened to scalp us, then rip off our heads and scoop out our brains.

Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.

The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.

The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.

On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?

I have done so much medical and scientific research Crashing Life I am thinking about putting PhD behind my name or maybe B.S.

I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.

It"s easier to believe there's a monster under the bed if you've spent the last six months arguing with a monster.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.

Walking by faith will cause all of us to recognize that as children of God we are just pilgrims and strangers down here on this earth.

God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to us.

I come from a traditional theater background.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.