I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. —James Baldwin More about this quote Tags: self-knowledge travel Europe Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A certain businessman, renowned for his ruthlessness, once made a vow in Mark Twain's presence. "Before I die," he declared, "I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I will climb Mount Sinai and read the Ten Commandments aloud at the top." "I have a better idea," Twain replied. "You could stay home in Boston and keep them. —Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: business home travel Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse. —Thomas Fuller More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why do you wonder that globe-trotting does not help you, seeing that you always take yourself with you? The reason which set you wandering is ever at your heels. —Socrates More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
People travel to faraway places to watch in fascination the kind of people they ignore at home. —Dagobert D. Runes More about this quote Tags: ignorance people perception curiosity distance travel Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Remember: no matter where you go, there you are. —Earl Mac Rauch More about this quote Tags: presence avoidance tautologies Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. —Elizabeth Drew More about this quote Tags: experience conversation travel broad-mindedness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sightseeing. —Daniel J. Boorstin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To explain why we become attached to our birthplaces, we pretend that we are trees and speak of "roots." Look under your feet. You will not find gnarled growths sprouting through the soles. Roots, I sometimes think, are a conservative myth, designed to keep us in our places. —Salman Rushdie More about this quote Tags: myth home conservative place roots Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you come to a fork in the road, take it. —Yogi Berra More about this quote Tags: humor travel Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art. —Freya Stark More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It was on that road and at that hour that I first became aware of my own self, experienced an inexpressible state of grace, and felt at one with the first breath of air that stirred, the first bird, and the sun so newly born that it still looked not quite round. —Colette More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can fall in love at first sight with a place as with a person. —Alec Waugh More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Wandering reestablishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. —Anatole France More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It was kind of solemn drifting down the big still river laying on our backs looking up at stars and we didn't even feel like talking aloud. —Mark Twain More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email