Jim turned his head slowly to look into my eyes and shuddered. “It’s the closest I’ve ever felt to dying.

Emotion has its place, but it must not interfere with taking the appropriate action.

I didn’t say a word. He wouldn’t be using oxygen. K2 is more dangerous than Everest.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you cannot have an opinion.

Mountaineers are one of the few groups to celebrate before the finish line. More mountaineers die on the descent than on the ascent.

...I need you to be a listener - you need me to hang word on. We're friends because neither has discovered a limit where the other ends...

She was a light from Heaven, and a beauty for all of us to behold.

Death can come slow. Death can come quick. If you've got one last breath, you better make the most of it.

The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.

Religion is as healthy and normal as life itself.

Why is the press America's showcase for freedom? Because just about everything else has been regulated.

I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.

The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.

I know that stress on me mentally and physically will only help me improve not only as a human being but as a wrestler.

The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.