I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti - writing my name everywhere, using the city as a canvas. I was going in the tunnels of Paris, on the rooftops with my friends. Each trip was an excursion, was an adventure.

French Artist

John Muir

Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.

American Environmentalist

Brian Eno

The problem with fine art is that in most cases people have to make a special excursion to go and look at it: they can't afford to own it. So it isn't really part of their life in the way that music can be.

British Musician

Franz Grillparzer

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Austrian Poet

Taylor Caldwell

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

American Author

Linda Ronstadt

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

American Musician

Jack Vance

Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.

Ivan Reitman

The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.

Canadian Actor

Eudora Welty

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Hilary Knight

I like going on adventures or excursions.

American Athlete

Use 'excursion' when talking about a leisurely adventure or outing, often planned.

Leisure Context

'Excursion' implies a trip that is organized in advance and intended for a group.

Planned Event

'Excursion' suggests a brief duration; it is not usually for extended travel periods.

Duration Implied

Metaphorically, 'excursion' can refer to a temporary deviation in conversation or activity.

Metaphorical Use

Use 'excursion' to convey a brief shift from the usual, without significant impact.

Temporary Change

In a technical context, 'excursion' refers to the movement of something within physical space.

Physical Movement

'Excursion' in science and engineering precisely describes movement with a start and return.

Scientific Specificity

 of the climate, of the hot air, in order to then measure the ozone, the carbon dioxide. We're developing these sensors together with different communities all over the world in order to reconnect with the climate, the temperature and the environment, because there are other species in the air; in these excursions towards the atmosphere, we're not alone.

Tomás Saraceno: Would...

 Fleets of them could land on open beaches, penetrate deep into river systems, and be moved over land if need be. When not at war, the vessels were used to transport goods and make trade journeys. There were smaller versions for fishing and local excursions, and larger adaptations for open sea voyages

What's so special about...

 Although kings claimed absolute power, we know that an extensive system of courtiers, provincial officials, and scholars influenced affairs. At least one woman, Sammuramat, ruled the kingdom. Assyrian rulers celebrated their military excursions by having representations of their exploits

The rise and fall of the...

 he brought a caravan stretching as far as the eye could see. Accounts of this journey are mostly based on an oral testimony and differing written records, so it's difficult to determine the exact details. But what most agree on is the extravagant scale of the excursion.

Mansa Musa, one of the...

 Growing in the soil mat was a huckleberry bush with ripe berries! He ate some and waited for his friend. Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground. His climb led to more excursions, with safety equipment, thank goodness,

What's hidden among the...

 Now, there's one piece of good news I have that may save the world. Okay. Are you on the edges of your seats here? Good, because before I tell you about that good news, I'm going to have to take a little excursion through some academic terrain.

Robert Wright: The...

 a boyhood long past where the painting was my grandmother's love how she spoiled me how she fed me how she went on excursions with me how she helped educate me all this is interrelated consumer filed suit against

Man Fights Nazi Plunder...

 she went on excursions with me how she helped educate me all these interrelated kassir petitioned the museum to return the painting and when that didn't work he decided to sue the museum and its

 and said about these excursions will help build Stacy's confidence come I dunno and already she's overcome her initial nerves she's pretty fast isn't she she is they

Orphan Wombat Preparing...

 believe in the shortest excursion provides plenty of opportunity to

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