... the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

A letter Lewis wrote reveals an 18-year-old with the energy of a schoolboy and the tastes of an octogenarian.

I am not upset that you don't love me, I am very happy to know that you are still living in my heart, in my love.

One cannot be a part-time nihilist.

Your family should be there. Your family should always be there. What does it say about you if they aren't?

When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.

Everyone has a story.

I think it almost all has to do with coming at writing from an acting perspective, because I didn't, like, study writing. I studied acting.

The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.

Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.

You took the Alkaholik challenge, and lost your balance You underground, we under water drinkin liquid by the gallons