1023 – “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”

-Joss Whedon [Attributed]

779 – “Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventures Science.”

–Edwin Hubble

612 – “… Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take risks.”

–Mark Rothko

573 – “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. “

–Sarah Frances Brown [See Source Notes]

294 – “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are made for.”

–John Augustus Shedd

“A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”

–Rear Admiral Grace Hopper