Explorer Quotes and aphorisms about some Davy Crockett Davy Crockett ,, I learned to read a little in my primer, to write my own name, and to cypher some in the three firs... Christopher McCandless Christopher Columbus ,, As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives b... Edmund Hillary ,, I think I mainly climb mountains because I get a great deal of enjoyment out of it. I never attempt... Jeff Rich Robert Falcon Scott John Wesley Powell Bear Grylls Reinhold Messner ,, There are three elements of mountaineering - difficulty, danger, and exposure. Difficulty is the te...