Michael Palin Quotes

Books of exploration have always fascinated me, like somebody going up the Amazon for the first time.

Never say 'no' to adventures.

O Mariner-soul, Thy quest is but begun, There are new worlds Forever to be won.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I'm an explorer.

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.

One makes a trip by day, but by night, one sets out on a journey.

The most adventurous I've been was doing Raleigh International when I was 20.

I've always been interested in exploration and the history of exploring the world, but it seems like we've found everything now.

I love finding little places off the beaten path.

As a kid, I always wanted to be an explorer, to go to exotic places and do exotic things.

When I was young I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything I used to think 'How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?'

I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full.

I resolved to abandon trade and to fix my aim on something more praiseworthy and stable; whence it was that I made preparation for going to see part of the world and its wonders.

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

Old men ought to be explorers.

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 'sight-seeing.'

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.

I was a college dropout, hitchhiking across the Midwest. That was part of the old, adventurous spirit.

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died.

I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but I love it.

If you think about America, it is about getting your backpack on and heading out.

I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.