You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop.

Even Hubble hasn’t found yet the end of this universe, and we don’t know that it has any end.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, ‚What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?‘

With all the travel we’re doing to cold-weather cities, your mind definitely starts to wander. It gets you away from the game. Even when you arrive in a city, you’re tempted to just sit in your hotel and rest. Sometimes it’s nice to just get out and walk around, to see what’s there.

The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest. But many of us, even when we go on vacation, don’t know how to rest. We may even come back more tired than before we left.

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It’s you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

To other countries, I may go as a tourist, but to India, I come as a pilgrim.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don’t want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.

Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally. But in some of nature’s forests, the adventurous traveler seems a feeble, unwelcome creature; wild beasts and the weather trying to kill him, the rank, tangled vegetation, armed with spears and stinging needles, barring his way and making life a hard struggle.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

I’m not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

I’ve been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I’m getting really tired of Disneyland.

Being ‚contented‘ ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

I love trying new things.

From the point of view of basic physics, the most interesting phenomena are, of course, in the new places, the places where the rules do not work – not the places where they do work! That is the way in which we discover new rules.

When you’re on the road and moving city to city, when someone isn’t there at the end of the night, you feel empty.

Not all those who wander are lost.

I’ve grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

I resent the implication that I’m less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful.

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life.

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don’t have names for what they are or haven’t identified them all. We can’t pinpoint exactly what makes each city’s people unique yet.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn’t women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.

So there’s no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn’t necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn’t necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such a thing. In the center of an empire, you can think of your experience as universal. Outside the empire or on the fringes of the empire, you cannot.

Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.

I have been on the road and visited numerous places and met people from all over the globe. I can say that it looks nearly the same everywhere I have been: The climate crisis is ignored by people in charge, despite the science being crystal clear.

Friends applaud, the comedy is over.

I’ll live in Puerto Rico until the day I die.

Anyone who doesn’t have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.

I’ve been here before and will come again, but I’m not going this trip through.

I’m turned on by guys who are cultured. That’ll keep me intrigued. They don’t have to have a single degree, but they should speak other languages or know things about other parts of the world or history or certain artists or musicians. I like to be taught. I like to sit on that side of the table.

In America, there’s a failure to appreciate Europe’s leading role in the world.

Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?

In England, football is a big thing to talk about, but Liverpool, it’s a special place. You feel it when you make your first step.

I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.