Michael Palin Quotes

I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teac...

It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really beli...

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing e...

As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just ...

Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume...

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. Th...

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...

Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected un...

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

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

Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.

[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the...