Ampersand <br class="br"> Little Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/ltrvs10.txt (1895)
“I am walking up the face of the mountain. Counting every step I climb.”
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
"That's Me"
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Context: I am walking up the face of the mountain. Counting every step I climb. Remembering the names of the constellations. Forgotten is a long, long time.
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.”
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
“It's not a hill it's a mountain, as you start out the climb”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Lyrics, No Line On The Horizon (2009)
“Speak your dreams, no one climbs a mountain accidentally.”
Kent Thiry (1956) Business; CEO of DaVita
Vanderbilt Commencement Address (2011)
Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) New Zealand mountaineer
As quoted in Wise Guys : Brilliant Thoughts and Big Talk from Real Men (2005) by Allan Zullo, p. 5
“Ray, what you got to do is go climb a mountain…”
Jack Kerouac book The Dharma Bums
Source: The Dharma Bums
“We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
