Jim Goad Quotes

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

There's a sense of humor within the Australian culture that prevails when one is in a rather difficult situation.

Australians, we've got a very healthy sense of humor in us. God forbid we take ourselves too seriously so it's kind of a cultural trait.

The atmosphere in St. Lucia is incredibly friendly, and I always felt very safe and looked after.

To be honest, the first thing that hits you when you step off the plane in L.A. is just how eager people are to help you out here - or, at least, that's what I've found.

We used to travel through Alabama a lot and get onto back roads and just marvel at how pretty it was and how nice the people were.

I love being on Aussie breakfast TV. They like people who speak their mind and tell it like it is.

Australia's beautiful, but I'm not too into Australian culture.

Well, I am from an army background. My dad is in the Defence forces and I have travelled enough in the north to get my Hindi right.

I sometimes go for drives with my wife around south Wales, and always the people are so friendly and so passionate.

Talking to hosts and asking them, 'What does Airbnb mean to you?'... I get amazingly heartfelt stories about the people that they met, about the money that they earned, about the mindset of empowerment they got through this and how they then applied that to their own business.

Little things like that when you go to another country is so welcoming. You meet someone, they're so jolly, they speak the language, it really helps.

It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.

Ultimately, the power of the Airbnb platform is that it motivates guests to blend into communities, belong anywhere, and live like locals.

I've played golf everywhere in New Jersey. People are nice to me. It's great.

Growing up, I was like any Aussie kid - you know we love our sport - that was my favourite subject at school. That is a subject, right?

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

I'm having an unbelievable time on the road. I am taking the time to explore each new city in a way I never have before.

I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or is an element in some of my books, and that's probably a direct result of where I've grown up. But other than that I don't draw particularly on the Australian landscape or the Australian biology and so on. So I don't think there's anything you could point to and say is particularly Australian.

I went to Philippines and I literally had the time of my life.

I want your first trip to be with me. I want to show you cities and landscapes and teach you how to look at things in new ways and how to get along in places you don't already know inside out. I want to put some life in you.

My world on the road always ends up feeling really small which is ironic because that's when I'm seeing the most places and meeting the most people!

I see a lot of women who can't travel when they're young, and then their kids grow up and they become amazing adventurers. Travel is not only for the young. Sometimes it's wasted on the young.

When I did a Love Boat, it would go to so many different countries, and I would travel there and get this incredible response!

It's great to arrive, but the trip's most always most of the fun.