"Nowhere, not at sea, does a man..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
Nowhere, not at sea, does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching, seemingly never-ending plains.
More by Theodore Roosevelt
“The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.”
“Rattlesnakes are only too plentiful everywhere; along the river bottoms, in the broken, hilly ground, and on the prairies and the great desert wastes alike...If it can it will get out of the way, and only coils up in its attitude of defence when it believes that it is actually menaced.”
“If I have erred, I err in company with Abraham Lincoln.”
More on Loneliness
“I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.”
“If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.”
“In solitude the lonely man is eaten up by himself, among crowds by the many.”
More on Nature
“Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.”
“We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.”
“The psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds and collect butterflies. I'll show you my collection some day.Good.They want to know what I do with my time. I tell them that sometimes I just sit and think. But I won't tell them what. I've got them running. And sometimes, I tell them, I like to put my head back, like this, and let the rain fall in my mouth. It tastes just like wine. Have you ever tried it?”