“As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how.”
Edmund Hillary
“We are committed to the decisions taken unanimously by the Arab summit in Beirut, ... Many Arab states are forming relations with Israel and if Israel will reach an agreement with the Palestinians, it will facilitate [having relations with Israel].”
Jalal Talabani
“It's a difficult situation here. We're too close (to Summit County) to be far, and too far to be close. We're the epitome of a bedroom community.”
James Gardner
“Once we reached the summit, we knew we wouldn't be able to stay there for long, in fact, we were only at the peak five or 10 minutes. So we knew that we wouldn't have any time for re-shoots. Whatever we shot, we shot. But this tape performed beautifully, the camera mechanism is rugged and, as a result, we got the footage we wanted.”
Heidi Dove
“President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.”
Conan O'Brien
“You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.”
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
“Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure.”
Calvin & Hobbes
