Trying New Things Quotes

“If you will let me be, I will try them. You will see.”

“Would you? Could you? In a car? Eat them! Eat them! Here they are.”

“I could not, would not, on a boat. I will not, will not, with a goat. I will not eat them in the rain. I will not eat them on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be! I do not like them in a box. I do not like them with a fox. I will not eat them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there. I do not like them ANYWHERE!”

“You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may, I say.”

…Just ’cause somethin’ ain’t been done
Don’t mean it can’t be did…

“I do so like green eggs and ham. Thank you! Thank you, Sam-I-am.”

“Would you, could you, on a boat?”

“Say! I like green eggs and ham! I do! I like them, Sam-I-am!”

“Everything I’ve ever done that’s valuable is something I was afraid to try.”

“In coming to Alaska, McCandless yearned to wander uncharted country, to find a blank spot on the map. In 1992, however, there were no more blank spots on the map—not in Alaska, not anywhere. But Chris, with his idiosyncratic logic, came up with an elegant solution to this dilemma: He simply got rid of the map. In his own mind, if nowhere else, the terra would thereby remain incognita.”

“There’s nothing left except to try.”

“Challenge yourself a bit.”

“Say! In the dark? Here in the dark! Would you, could you, in the dark?”

“I would not, could not, in the dark.”

“You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone.”

“You may like them. You will see. You may like them in a tree!”