“I did get upset once, when we were hiking between pitches 15 and 16. Two women and a dog were trying to find their way down through the maze of trails below the First Summit and they asked us: 'Are you on the trail?' I let my indignity show: 'NO, we're on a CLIMB!'” WayTryingFirstsTwoShowsDogUpsetClimbsHikingTrailsSummitMazesIndignity Author:Andy Cairns
“Whenever you try to do good with someone else's money, you are committed to using force. How can you do good with somebody else's money, unless you first take it away from them? The only way you can take it away from them is the threat of force: you have a policeman, tax collector, who comes and takes it from them.” WayTryingFirstsForceTaxesThreatCommittedPolicemenCollectors Author:Milton Friedman
“It was not a choice of writing or not writing. It was a choice of loving my life or not loving my life. To keep writing was always a first priority.... I worked probably 25 years by myself.... Just writing and working, not trying to publish much. Not giving readings. A longer time than people really are willing to commit before they want to go public.” PeopleWantGivingWritingTryingYearsFirstsChoicesReadingWillingPrioritiesCommitPublish Author:Mary Oliver