International Relocation Quotes

When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through.

I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.

I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.

It was always going to be a risk if I went to America.

I was trying to find a new home in the world.

I left Colombia because Univision brought me to the United States.

I was born in Romania and later lived in Vienna, Austria, for a few years, and I eventually made my way over to New York in '95.

I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris.

My wife would like to live in Spain; I'd like to live in Italy.

It is harder, usually, to find a person who wants to walk the streets of me, to taste the teas of my country, to... immigrate, you could say.

My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.

I was born in Japan, and then we went to Korea, and I was raised in Nebraska.

Leaving home early is always complicated. But when I arrived in Germany, I encountered an incredible structure built by the company that takes care of my career. They did not leave me wanting for anything. The most complicated thing was really the language. Otherwise, everything was taken care of.

And that was what I was asking to happen and I was told that the indictment would be signed, but I was coming to the end of my one-year contract, I had to return to New Zealand for personal reasons.

My parents moved to the states when I was 6, so I was raised by my grandma in the Dominican Republic and didn't see them again until I was 10.

If you are unhappy with the United States. pick a better country and go live there.

I have always been a Napoli fan, but the choice to move to Dubai is the right one.

I could have moved to Russia, earned more money, and felt more relaxed. But I chose another option and joined Lazio.

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany.

Not many foreigners move to Paris for their dream job. Many do it on a romantic whim.

I worked in the book publishing business for nearly two decades before I turned my attention to writing, first with a couple ghostwriting projects, plus a crappy novel that absolutely no one wanted to publish. Then I moved to Luxembourg for my wife's job and found the inspiration for 'The Expats.'

So here I am, my affections torn between a postal service that never feeds me but can tackle a challenge and one that gives me free tape and prompt service but won't help me out when I can't remember a street name. The lesson to draw from this, of course, is that when you move from one country to another you have to accept that there are some things that are better and some things worse, and there is nothing you can do about it. That may not be the profoundest of insights to take away from a morning's outing, but I did get a free doughnut as well, so on balance I guess I'm happy.

I was 14 in Barcelona, and when I initially went there, I didn't see my mum for six months and my dad for four months. Australia is far from Spain, but I don't remember how long or how short the days felt. I think what was most difficult for my parents was that if anything went wrong, they couldn't say, 'OK, we'll be there in a couple of hours.'

I knew I couldn't live in America and I wasn't ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the coast of America - New York City .

I spent seven years in France. Then, I went to Asia for five years. I came to London in 1984 and then America in 1985. In 1991, I opened my first restaurant in New York City.