Quotes About Travel

We sailed from Vancouver on the Oriana on March 19, 1962, and on April 13 arrived at Sentani, an airfield on the north coast

And the tuberculosis old men At the Nelson wheeze and cough And someone will head south Until this whole thing cools off … —Tom Waits, "Small Change

Three-quarters of the way down the aisle another stewardess, somewhat older and more harried and human, placed me in my seat amid a gigantic Puerto Rican family on its way home for the holidays. (When I say gigantic, I do not mean to imply that any of them were tall.) (Nor do I mean to imply, by that disclaimer, that any of them were thin. I was a bit squeezed.)

This is my first opportunity to visit this part of North Africa, so I am going to be able to go back home and talk about this beautiful country and encourage Americans to travel here.

Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Enjoy the journey, because the destination is a mirage.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.

Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a far larger place in our actual life than the country in which we happen to be.

Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.

For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors.

Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.

My rite of passage into my brave new world, life on the road.

Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

I miss riding those fast trains in Japan... 'cause I'd never seen a train that fast in my life.

Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it.

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island.