Tom Freston Quotes

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.

I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.

Travelling helps me rejuvenate and de-stress.

Football is a great place to get away from things, and going over to Greece was amazing and I've loved it - it is basically getting away from all the talk.

There's something attractive about making people temporarily forget their actual age by taking them out of their normal lives so completely. Doesn't travel, by its very nature, strive to do this?

When I work, I work non-stop and so hard that I barely get time to see anything but the set and home. So whenever I am done with one show, I go into my globetrotter mode and just pick a place and disappear for a while.

I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The 'getting out of here' part is unspecified, though. Maybe I simply want to get away from life

If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.

My favorite thing about summer is just the idea of having a little time off to do things for you, whether that be going on a vacation, spending more time with your friends, or going to places you've never been before.

Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love.

I'm quite tired, so when 'Dancing On Ice' is over I need a good holiday.

This is what holidays, travels, vacations are about. It is not really rest or even leisure we chase. We strain to renew our capacity for wonder to shock ourselves into astonishment once again.

I like any place that isn't here.

I'm more obsessed with the idea of vacation than any one particular vacation spot. I love to explore new places and cultures.

When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in the world. Reading 'Moby-Dick' is like being in a time machine. I almost feel as excited as the first time I read it and I always find something new.

People travel because it's a treat. For me, staying at home is a treat.

My favorite place in Indonesia is Bali. I was there with my family in Nusa Dua, and my kids loved it. I'm a workaholic, so for me, Bali is a place where you can have a vacation, but you can have your own moment as well. You feel like you blend with nature - and I love the beach.

I always try to have a vacation.

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

Nobody has ever gone broke selling escape to the American public.

All vacations can come down to a few little moments - what do your remember when you're alone, totally relaxed and taken out of yourself to appreciate this other world.

I love seeing new places and meeting new people. I'm sort of addicted to traveling.

On most holidays, you'll find me in Mexico. Actually, on most holidays you won't find me. I'm at a beach, and it's wonderful.