There is such a gauntlet of risk that you go through when you climb up to Everest.

Enlightenment isn't found with a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.

Climbers have no sense of smell.

Looking out of a tent door into a world of snow and vanishing hopes. ~George Mallory

Mountains are freedom. Treat them respectfully.

You might say “no, you will never do that, that’s not you, not who I know, not who I thought you were”, and I will say "watch me".

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.

Surplus-value and the rate of surplus-value are... the invisible essence to be investigated, whereas the rate of profit and hence the form of surplus-value as profit are visible surface phenomena

Married love burns as fire, and seeks nothing more than the mate. It says, "I want only you"

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

The capabilities of the human mind are enormous. There is usually no inherent reason you cannot accomplish whatever goal you set for yourself.

Before I started rapping and touring I weighed about 160. But by going on the road every night eating fast food, performing every night, partying and drinking I started gaining weight immediately.

If we are moved by a poem, it has meant something, perhaps something important, to us; if we are not moved, then it is, as poetry, meaningless.