Try everything once, while you have the time
"From childhood I had dreamed of climbing Fujiyama and the Matterhorn, and I had planned to charge Mount Olympus in order to visit the gods that dwelled there. I wanted to swim the Hellespont where Lord Byron swam, float down the Nile in a butterfly boat, make love to a pale Kashmiri maiden beside the Shalimar, dance to the castanets of Granada gypsies, commune in solitude with the moonlit Taj Mahal, hunt tigers in a Bengal jungle -- try everything once. …I wanted to realize my youth while I still had it, and yield to temptation before increasing years and responsibilities robbed me of the courage."
--Richard Halliburton, quoted by Lawrence Wright, in In the New World (1988)
2011-04-04 11:38
such an uplifting quote, in such good timing too now that i just quit my job ;)
2011-04-08 00:32
My favorite part of that quote is "I wanted to realize my youth while I still had it..." and I couldn't have said it more perfectly. There are so many moments in life we over-think and pass up and there are so many moments you could easily see regretting if you passed them up. Nothing is worse than wondering if you could've done something! I think if this quote is relevant to all aspects of a persons life, in travel, career, love. Go out on a limb, after all that's where all the fruit is! Another favorite quote ;)