Climbing is often group activity and it's always inspiring to see how other people, who share your passions, do things.

I don't think of myself as a grading barometer and I doubt if any climber could be one.

If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

Thirst of wealth no quiet knows, But near the death-bed fierce grows.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

Guys like Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Sacha Baron Cohen, they do things you love to watch. I like to do the other half.

As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.

As long as it's not an easy, outdated stereotype and it comes from an interesting or emotionally driven place, then anyone can be made fun of.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer.

You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.