7+ Roy Chapman Andrews Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Roy Chapman Andrews quotes and sayings.

Always there has been an adventure just around the corner--and the world is still full of corners. — Roy Chapman Andrews

I never let practical considerations clutter my youthful dreams. — Roy Chapman Andrews

I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless driving force to me. — Roy Chapman Andrews

Palaeontology is the Aladdin's lamp of the most deserted and lifeless regions of the earth; it touches the rocks and there spring forth in orderly succession the monarchs of the past and the ancient river streams and savannahs wherein they flourished. The rocks usually hide their story in the most difficult and inaccessible places. — Roy Chapman Andrews

Man is an ape with possibilities. — Roy Chapman Andrews

I wanted to go everywhere. I would have started on a day's notice for the North Pole or the South, to the jungle or the desert. It made not the slightest difference to me. — Roy Chapman Andrews

Today there remain but a few small areas on the world's map unmarked by explorers' trails. Human courage and endurance have conquered the Poles; the secrets of the tropical jungles have been revealed. The highest mountains of the earth have heard the voice of man. But this does not mean that the youth of the future has no new worlds to vanquish. It means only that the explorer must change his methods. — Roy Chapman Andrews