Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Acknowledges reasons for popular paths but chooses uniqueness anyway.
In plain terms
I choose the rare path just because it is rare.
What can you take from it?
Curiosity can outweigh practical caution.

Where it applies

  • career decisions
  • travel plans

Putting it to work

  • choose uniqueness
  • explore unknown

Questions to consider

  • When have you chosen the harder path on purpose?

Another view

Some paths are avoided for valid safety reasons.

More from Alton Brown

  1. I like cooking with kids... and I don't mean in a Grimm Brothers kinda way.

    Permalink to quote #76
  2. A small, foot activated, pop-top trash can makes a fabulous flour storage device.

    Permalink to quote #78
  3. Although I don't take myself very seriously, I do take my work extraordinarily seriously.

    Permalink to quote #75

Related quotes

  1. I like to skate on the other side of the ice.

    Steven WrightSteven Wright quote #55
  2. And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall, Tell 'em a hookah smokin' caterpillar has given you the call. Call Alice when she was just sma…

    Grace SlickGrace Slick quote #2
  3. My father once said, 'If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don't have to follow. You don't have to make a big deal …

    YanniYanni quote #3