“Is it a primitive fundamental reproductive desire, a want to fuck the Earth to become a part of that great reproductive cycle, the mightiest source of sexual power anywhere?” LifeTruthMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionEnvironmentalContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick
“Imagine! I’d dreamed of Colonel Fawcett and the Xavante tribe or the Kayapó – this was like pre-destiny.” LifeTruthDestinyAdventureTravelAttributed No SourceMemories Of LoveKayapóColonel FawcettXavante Author:Gordon Roddick
“Living in a Kayapó village is a magical experience.” LifeTruthMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceKayapó Author:Gordon Roddick
“My view at the time was that we needed to have a relatively easy process in which the Indians could be fully involved and would be a high-volume range in The Body Shop’s ‘Trade Not Aid’ bracket.” AdventureTravelContemplationAttributed No SourceFair TradeThe Body ShopKayapóTrade Not Aid Author:Gordon Roddick
“I loved the Kayapó language, a language group called 'Ji'. Their word for no was ‘kati’, and yes was ‘na’.” LifeTruthLanguageAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceKayapó Author:Gordon Roddick
“Kayapó women – always in pairs or more. If you asked for their name – their friend would always reply to voice her name.” LifeTruthAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceKayapó Author:Gordon Roddick
“Kayapó. In muddy villages, everyone is smiling everywhere all the time, very kind, very unpretentious.” LifeTruthAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceKayapó Author:Gordon Roddick
“Mongolia is a fascinating country; visit if you can. It is one of the world's last frontiers with space and landscape that defies definition.” LifeTruthMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceMongolia Author:Gordon Roddick
“I have been lucky to see many parts of the world denied to others. A special trip was one I made to Mongolia. It is a remarkable and unusual country. Do get there before it changes.” LifeTruthMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceMongolia Author:Gordon Roddick
“A girl for whom laughter is her first tune.” LifeTruthMemoriesAdventureTravelLaughterReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick
“On this Mongolian adventure, I am alone in a double tent, which I thought would be a glorious luxury, but I am just messy.” MemoriesHumourAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceMongolia Author:Gordon Roddick
“Mongolia, I have never been anywhere quite like it. The people are wild, and the animals are tame. The whole country is fuelled by passion.” LifeTruthPassionMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceMongolia Author:Gordon Roddick
“Mongolia, we set up camp in the fading light and the extraordinary beauty of this lake and this country.” LifeTruthMemoriesBeautyAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceMongolia Author:Gordon Roddick
“If you went out for a pee at night, the reindeer came running over to drink your pee. Apparently, there are minerals in it they need and don’t have.” LifeTruthNatureMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick
“We see the Tsaatan encampment of tepees in the far distance, sitting in a vast treeless plain surrounded by rolling hills and backdropped by high snow-capped mountains. We pause for a while to take in this spectacle. It took my breath away, and for a moment, everything was gone except the here and now.” LifeTruthNatureMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceMongolia Author:Gordon Roddick
“It was pretty absurd travelling up through Peru to arrive in Iquitos, hoping to find an expedition! Life does not work like that. To say it was naive would be kinder than I deserve!” LifeTruthTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceNaivety Author:Gordon Roddick
“I made it! I paddled 1,250 miles down the bloody Amazon, got muscles where I never knew any existed and a really hard arse!” LifeTruthMemoriesHumourTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick
“From the confusion arises no answer. Will going to Iquitos supply it? I don’t know. I know bloody well it won’t.” LifeWisdomTruthTravelReflectionContemplationLife LessonAttributed No Source Author:Gordon Roddick