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Travel Quote of the Day Archive
Travel Quote of the Day publishes a different travel quote every day to provide travel inspiration for those who yearn to explore the world. These travel quotes range in source from the world's greatest authors, to icons of popular culture, prominent recording artists, and the occasional blogger.
The Longest Journey
October 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart” – Proverb
Happiest Moments as Tourists
October 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else” – Lawrence Block
Wake Up in an Airline Seat
October 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I’d rather wake up in an airline seat than in any middle of nowhere on earth” – Steven Frischling
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
October 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here. I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around. Everybody knows this is nowhere” – Neil Young (Everybody Knows This is Nowhere)
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Those Who Know Nothing of Foreign Languages
October 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I Am a Passionate Traveler
October 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education” – David Rockefeller
Never Lose Sight of the Reason for the Journey
October 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way” – Gloria Gaither
Ask the Traveler for Advice
October 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When you’re traveling, ask the traveler for advice, not someone whose lameness keeps him in one place” – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
Understanding a Foreign Country
October 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it” – Rudyard Kipling
The Esthetic of Lostness
October 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Half the fun of travel is the esthetic of lostness” – Ray Bradbury
Going to Carolina in My Mind
October 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“In my mind I’m going to Carolina. Can’t you see the sunshine, can’t you just feel the moonshine? Ain’t it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I’m goin’ to Carolina in my mind” – James Taylor (Carolina in My Mind)
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Travel is Serious and Frivolous
October 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones” – Anne Sophie Swetchine
Returning to a Favored Place
October 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Always go onward; returning to a favored place you will only find your old footsteps washed away” – Joe Harris
Keep Things on your Trip in Perspective
October 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Keep things on your trip in perspective, and you’ll be amazed at the perspective you gain on things back home while you’re away” – Gail Rubin Bereny
To Travel Far and Fast
October 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. – Glenn Clark
Our Nature Lies in Movement
September 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Our Nature lies in movement; complete calm is death” – Blaise Pascal
Holiday in Cambodia
September 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Now you can go where people are one, now you can go where they get things done. What you need, my son is a holiday in Cambodia, where people dress in black, a holiday in Cambodia, where you’ll kiss ass or crack” – Dead Kennedys (Holiday in Cambodia)
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Wake Up in the Middle of Nowhere
September 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I’d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth” – Steve McQueen
Travel is Glamorous
September 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect” – Paul Theroux
Follow Your Heart and Intuition
September 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition” – Steve Jobs
See Something Besides One’s Fellow Citizens
September 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Do you think it’s so snobbish, to want to see something besides one’s fellow citizens abroad?” – Sinclair Lewis
To Seek Other States, Lives, Souls
September 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls” – Anais Nin
We’re on a Road to Nowhere
September 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We’re on a road to nowhere, come on inside. Takin’ that ride to nowhere, we’ll take that ride. I’m feelin’ okay this mornin’, and you know, we’re on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go.” – David Byrne (Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads)
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First Class, and With Children
September 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“In America, there are two classes of travel: First class, and with children” – Robert Benchley
Travelers in the Wilderness
September 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world” – Robert Louis Stevenson
How Beautiful it is to Travel
September 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow” – Lin Yutang
He Who Goes on Foot
September 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time” – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
I Travel All Night
September 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“To be by your side, I travel all night” – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Promise)
Traveling is a Brutality
September 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends” – Cesare Pavese
In a Country Where They Turn Back Time
September 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time. You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime.
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain. Don’t bother asking for explanations, she’ll just tell you that she came in the year of the cat” – Al Stewart (Year of the Cat)
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I Even Encountered Myself
September 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself” – James Baldwin
Dangerous Business
September 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to” – J. R. R. Tolkien
Stretching the Mind
September 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel has a way of stretching the mind” – Ralph Crawshaw
Where the Holes are Deep
September 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep” – Chinese Proverb
The Traveler Was Active
September 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes ‘sight-seeing’” – Daniel J. Boorstin
Life Disrupted by Routine
September 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine” – Caskie Stinnett
Big Ol’ Jet Airliner
September 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Goodbye to my friends at home, goodbye to people I’ve trusted. I’ve got to go out and make my way, I might get rich, you know I might get busted. But my heart keeps calling me backwards, as I get on the 707. Ridin’ high, I got tears in my eyes, you know you got to go through hell before you get to heaven.
Big ol’ jet airliner, don’t carry me too far away. Big ol’ jet airliner, ‘cause it’s here that I’ve got to stay” – Steve Miller (Jet Airliner)
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Half of What I Saw
September 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I have not told the half of what I saw” – Marco Polo
Traveler Must Possess Fixed Interests
September 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel” – George Santayana
The Spirit of Adventure
September 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of” – Ella Maillart
Having Seen the Moon Shine
September 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world” – Mary Anne Radmacher Hershey
He Travels Fastest
September 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“He travels fastest who travels alone” – Proverb
Ticket to Ride
August 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I think I’m gonna be sad, I think it’s today, yeah. The girl that’s driving me mad is going away, yeah. She’s got a ticket to ride, but she don’t care” – The Beatles (Ticket to Ride)
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A Ritual of Reassurance
August 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance” – Philip Andrew Adams
Things Cannot Be Acquired By Vegetating
August 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime” – Mark Twain
What’s In Front Of Them
August 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“People who don’t travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what’s in front of them” – Martin Yan
A New Way of Seeing Things
August 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things” – Henry Miller
One Voyage
August 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one” – Tom Wolfe
Magnify All Human Emotions
August 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions” – Peter Hoeg
Made to Travel
August 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“They found a better way, we were made to travel. They found a place to stay, we were made to travel. They had some seeds to sow, we were made to travel. They put some roots to grow, we were made to travel” – Cowboys & Indians
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Travel Memories
August 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel memories make the best collectibles. Collect & share as many as you can” – John Peters
Travel Cannot Prevent Bigotry
August 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends” – Maya Angelou
You Lose Sight of Things
August 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“You lose sight of things… and when you travel, everything balances out” – Daranna Gidel
Flirting With Life
August 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go’” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
Impart New Vigor To The Mind
August 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind” – Seneca
If God Intended Men to Fly
August 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“If God had really intended men to fly, he’d make it easier to get to the airport” – George Winters
Viva Las Vegas
August 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin’ and your one arm bandits crashin’ all those hopes down the drain. Viva Las Vegas turnin’ day into nighttime, turnin night into daytime. If you see it once, you’ll never be the same again” – Elvis Presley
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Tourists Don’t Know Where They’ve Been
August 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going” – Paul Theroux
Spend My Life Traveling Abroad
August 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I should like to spend my life traveling abroad, if I could borrow another life to spend afterwards at home” – William Hazlitt
Delay and Dirt are the Realities
August 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel” – Paul Theroux
Hooters Air Goes Bust
August 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Hooters Air will bounce along until they go bust” – Henry Harteveldt
Man of Ordinary Talent
August 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
More Than Seeing The Sights
August 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living” – Miriam Beard
Are You Gonna Go My Way?
August 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“So that’s why you’ve got to try, you got to breath and have some fun. Though I’m not paid, I play this game, and I won’t stop until I’m done. But what I really want to know is – Are you gonna go my way?” – Lenny Kravitz
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Your Lost Friends Are Not Dead
August 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in the steps they trod” – Aristophanes
Foreign Country Design
August 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable” – Clifton Fadiman
The Traveller Sees What He Sees
August 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see” – G. K. Chesterton
The Road Ahead
August 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The road ahead is paved with great opportunities. Enjoy the journey and seek out those that ignite your passion” – Susan Black
Worth Seeing
August 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see” (on the Giant’s Causeway) – Samuel Johnson
Journey Best Measured
August 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles” – Tim Cahill
Travellin’ Prayer
August 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that all her dreams are sweet? Said now, would ya guide her on the roads, and make them softer for her feet? Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that she’s gonna be alright, until she’s home and here with me” – Billy Joel (Travellin’ Prayer)
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All in the Anticipation or the Remembering
August 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Most travel is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering; the reality has more to do with losing your luggage” – Regina Nadelson
Maps and Territories
August 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The map is not the territory” – Alfred Korzybski
Dreams of Armchair Travelers
July 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put” – Anne Tyler
The Point of Departure
July 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys” – Iain Sinclair
The Time to Enjoy a European Trip
July 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking” – George Ade
What a Tiny Place You Occupy
July 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world” – Scott Cameron
Life is a Highway
July 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Life’s like a road that you travel on, when there’s one day here and the next day gone. Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand, sometimes you turn your back to the wind. There’s a world outside every darkened door, where blues won’t haunt you anymore, where the brave are free and lovers soar. Come ride with me to the distant shore, we won’t hesitate, break down the garden gate, there’s not much left today. Life is a highway, I want to ride it all night long. If you’re going my way, I want to drive it all night long” – Tom Cochrane (Life is a Highway)
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Becoming Addicted To Bombay
July 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it” – Tahir Shah
Battered Suitcases Piled on the Sidewalk
July 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life” – Jack Kerouac
Good Company in a Journey
July 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter” – Izaak Walton
Man Belongs to the Earth
July 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself” – Chief Seattle
The World is a Book
July 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page” – St. Augustine
Commit Suicide or Travel
July 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels” – Edward Dahlberg
Leave Home
July 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The brother’s gonna work it out. Yo man, you guys are mean – You know that” – The Chemical Brothers (Leave Home)
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Travel Across Seas
July 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff” – Britney Spears
Into the World Within
July 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within” – Lillian Smith
An Ironic Experience
July 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience” – Paul Fussell
You Might Better Stay at Home
July 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home” – James Michener
Some Roads
July 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone” – Proverb
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
July 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I left my heart in San Francisco, high on a hill, it calls to me. To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars, the morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care. My love waits there in San Francisco, above the blue and windy sea, when I come home to you, San Francisco , your golden sun will shine for me” – Tony Bennett
Accumulating Photographs
July 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs” – Susan Sontag
He Who Has Seen Something
July 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at all” – Sinclair Lewis
A Wonderful World Full of Beauty
July 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open” – Jawaharlal Nehru
