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Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.

I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: But you can't navigate a raft," he added. "It goes sideways and backward and round as the wind takes it.

But you can't navigate a raft," he added. "It goes sideways and backward and round as the wind takes it.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: It was a great moment on board when two large boobies were spotted above the horizon to westward

It was a great moment on board when two large boobies were spotted above the horizon to westward

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: The task of science is investigation pure and simple," he said quietly. "Not to try to prove this or that." He

The task of science is investigation pure and simple," he said quietly. "Not to try to prove this or that." He

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Pearls rarely turn up in oysters served to you on a plate; you have to dive for them.

Pearls rarely turn up in oysters served to you on a plate; you have to dive for them.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist.

I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: It is progress when weapons are improved to kill more people at a longer range.

It is progress when weapons are improved to kill more people at a longer range.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.

Borders I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Purgatory was a bit damp," said Bengt, "but heaven is more or less as I'd imagined it.

Purgatory was a bit damp," said Bengt, "but heaven is more or less as I'd imagined it.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: I definitely smelled a delicious odor of steak and onions. But it turned out to be only a dirty shirt.

I definitely smelled a delicious odor of steak and onions. But it turned out to be only a dirty shirt.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.

In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Man invents the most inhuman armaments to assault others so like himself that uniforms are needed to distinguish between friend and foe.

Man invents the most inhuman armaments to assault others so like himself that uniforms are needed to distinguish between friend and foe.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Otherwise he was glad we had missed our landing, for he still had three books to read.

Otherwise he was glad we had missed our landing, for he still had three books to read.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: Arranging the journey was so difficult. Getting home again was much easier.

Arranging the journey was so difficult. Getting home again was much easier.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: For every minute, the future is becoming the past.

For every minute, the future is becoming the past.

Thor Heyerdahl quotes: It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign.

It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign.