Travel Quotes - Page 26

• When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

  Lara St. John

  People, Attention, Pay

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• Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

  Raquel Cepeda

  Heart, Mcdonalds, Kfc

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make it inaccessible to most people

  Raquel Cepeda

  Beautiful, Thinking, People

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets or shallow ocean water

  Raquel Cepeda

  Wall, Ocean, Past

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

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• If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground

  Raquel Cepeda

  Home, Years, Cyprus

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

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• To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy

  Raquel Cepeda

  Stupid, Pieces, Bling

  Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• There is nothing safer than flying - it's crashing that is dangerous.

  Theo Cowan

  Flying, Funny Travel, Dangerous

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• One certainty when you travel is the moment you arrive in a foreign country, the American dollar will fall like a stone.

  Erma Bombeck

  Country, Fall, Dollars

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• Travel' is the name of a modern disease which became rampant in themid-fifties and is still spreading. The disease - its scientific name is travelitis furiosus - is carried by a germ called prosperity.

  George Mikes

  Names, Disease, Germs

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• To travel is to possess the world

  Elias Burton Holmes

  World, Travel The World

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• There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever be able to achieve. Isn't that what we're all searching for in life? To just be happy and content in the moment, to just be there in the "now"?

  Jon Krakauer

  Special, Able, Parks

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• There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country.

  Mark Haddon

  Country, Writing, America

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• The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool.

  William McFee

  Life, Attitude, World

  William McFee (1916). “Casuals of the Sea: The Voyage of a Soul”

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• Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend.

  Carol Vorderman

  Kids, Three, London

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• I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.

  Robyn Davidson

  Believe, Long, Praying

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• When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave in the cab coming back.

  W. C. Sellar

  Holiday, Two, Cameras

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• People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way.

  Lance Morrow

  People, Way, Teach

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• The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, when everything goes wrong - that's when adventure starts

  Yvon Chouinard

  Adventure, Patagonia, Overused

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• The food is excellent. The beer is cold. The sun nearly always shines. There is coffee on every corner. Life doesn’t get much better than this.

  Bill Bryson

  Coffee, Beer, Shining

  Bill Bryson (2001). “In a Sunburned Country”, Broadway

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• One thing that I love about traveling is feeling disoriented and removed from my comfort zone

  Sarah Glidden

  Feelings, Comfort, Zone

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• Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me.

  Lionel Richie

  Ideas, Watches, Found

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Travel is the ultimate inspiration.

  Michael Kors

  Inspiration, Ultimate

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• Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent

  Tahir Shah

  Quality, Gears, Money Well Spent

  Tahir Shah (2013). “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback edition”, p.235, Lulu.com

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• There’s nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.

  Tahir Shah

  Blood, Quests

  Tahir Shah “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Dyslexic edition”, Lulu.com

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• I don't like dealing with money transactions in poor countries. I get confused between the feeling that I shouldn't haggle with poverty and getting ripped off

  Alex Garland

  Country, Confused, Feelings

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