Author: Michael Palin

Quotes

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

- Michael Palin

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

- Michael Palin

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

- Michael Palin

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

- Michael Palin

I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

- Michael Palin

I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

- Michael Palin

I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephemeral; something's different, something's unfamiliar; therefore, it must be worse.

I don't seek discomfort. But, very often, you realise that what you fear is actually quite ephemeral; something's different, something's unfamiliar; therefore, it must be worse.

- Michael Palin

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

- Michael Palin

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