Travel Quotes

Travel breaks you out of your routine and into someone else's world. These quotes capture the thrill of departure, the discomfort of unfamiliarity, the joy of discovery, and the way coming home feels different after you have seen how other people live.

“For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.”

Renee Fleming

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“The best way to travel abroad is to live with the locals.”

Zach Braff

“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.”

Susan Sontag

“I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that that's a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn't that interested in moving from place to place.”

Bell Hooks

“Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.”

W. H. Auden

“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.”

Paul Theroux

“I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.”

Evelyn Glennie

“Besides, I'm a gypsy at heart and I like to travel around.”

Reba McEntire

“The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known.”

Ellen DeGeneres

“As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.”

Ai Weiwei

“Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows.”

A. J. Liebling

“I love to take risks, I love to travel, and I'm very outdoor-sy, so any girl who can pick up a football and throw a spiral will definitely catch my attention.”

Kellan Lutz

“Everywhere I travel throughout Eastern Washington, I hear from people demanding we do a better job of controlling our borders and reducing illegal immigration.”

Cathy McMorris

“Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.”

William Blake

“You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.”

Theodore Bikel

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