(44 quotes found)
“Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube. There are some things one would rather have done than do.”
Edward Abbey
“A guy is walking along the edge of the Grand Canyon and he falls off. He's hurtling down hundreds of feet to certain death and he looks up and grabs this twig, and it breaks his fall. He heaves a sigh of relief, and then, all of a sudden, he sees the roots coming loose. He looks up to the sky and says, "God, why me? I'm a good person. I've taken care of my family. I've paid all my taxes, I've worked all my life. Why me?" And this thunderous voice says, "Son, there's just something about you that I don't like."”
Bill Clinton
“In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner, Forty-niner, And his daughter, Clementine”
Percy Montrose
“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”
Don Marquis
“Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.”
Andy Van Slyke
“The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain.”
John Wesley Powell
“You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.”
“We believe Knotty Head has the potential to be a significant development in the Green Canyon area. With continued drilling success, our plan would be to sanction a development project within the next 24 months.”
Charlie Fischer
“We do take solace in knowing the guy [Canyon] was captured.”
Carolyn Scott
“There has always been opposition to these types of things. When Theodore Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon as a national monument [it later was made a national park], my family was among the objectors. Now everybody claims on behalf of their ancestors that they encouraged it. These are places of enormous and enduring value.”
Bruce Babbitt
