Travel & Adventure: Travel Quotes

Welcome to a curated set of travel quotes that kindle curiosity, encourage exploration, and honor the spirit of the open road. From quiet moments between flights to unforgettable vistas, these lines speak to movement, wonder, and the joy of new horizons. Browse timeless words from explorers, writers, and modern travelers alike. Use them to spark plans, reflect on past journeys, or share a thoughtful caption. Let these concise inspirations accompany your next step, whether across town or across the world.

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"I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad"

George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist

George Bernard Shaw

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page"

Saint Augustine, Saint

Saint Augustine

"We left Dayton, September 23, and arrived at our camp at Kill Devil Hill on Friday, the 25th"

Orville Wright, Inventor

Orville Wright

"Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm"

John F. Kennedy, President

John F. Kennedy

"America is my country and Paris is my hometown"

Gertrude Stein, Author

Gertrude Stein

"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Paris isn't a city, it's a world"

Francis I of France, Royalty

Francis I of France

"Certainly, 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, Historian

Miriam Beard

"Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse"

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

Thomas Fuller

"Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land"

E. M. Forster, Novelist

E. M. Forster

"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go"

Truman Capote, Novelist

Truman Capote

"A big iron needle stitching the country together"

Jessamyn West, Author

Jessamyn West

"I always thought security was a joke at New York airports, and in U.S. airports to begin with. You can go through any European or Middle Eastern airport and things are a lot tougher"

Richard Drew, Photographer

Richard Drew

"He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices"

Carlo Goldoni, Playwright

Carlo Goldoni

"Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine"

Isabella Bird, Writer

Isabella Bird

"We want you to visit our State of Excitement often. Come again and again. But for heaven's sake, don't move here to live. Or if you do have to move in to live, don't tell any of your neighbors where you are going"

Tom McCall, Politician

"The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land"

Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer

Gilbert K. Chesterton

"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience"

Francis Bacon, Philosopher

Francis Bacon

"All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it"

Samuel Johnson, Author

Samuel Johnson

"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world"

Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

"Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic"

Tina Turner, Musician

Tina Turner

"I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people"

Marc Garneau, Astronaut

Marc Garneau

"If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here, too"

Jon Secada, Musician

Jon Secada

"It's very important to know that we packed it right because it is a safety issue for coming home"

Linda M. Godwin, Astronaut

Linda M. Godwin

"The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it"

Rudyard Kipling, Writer

Rudyard Kipling

"I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages"

Rudyard Kipling, Writer

Rudyard Kipling

"We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways"

Corrine Brown, Politician

Corrine Brown

"Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system"

Corrine Brown, Politician

Corrine Brown

"I've opened up more by traveling outside Jamaica. It helps me to grow as a person to be outside of my element; to be on my own in a strange place meeting people"

Ziggy Marley, Musician

Ziggy Marley

"I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is"

Antonio Banderas, Actor

Antonio Banderas

"I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments"

Daniel Radcliffe, Actor

Daniel Radcliffe

"I want to travel. Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes"

Eva Green, Actress

Eva Green

"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, Historian

Daniel J. Boorstin

"One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years"

Thomas Wolfe, Novelist

"There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us"

Marvin Davis, Businessman

"I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home"

Hakeem Olajuwon, Athlete

"I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't"

Robyn Davidson, Writer

"That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world"

Robyn Davidson, Writer

"Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!"

George William Curtis, Author

"When I first encountered the name of the city of Stockholm, I little thought that I would ever visit it, never mind end up being welcomed to it as a guest of the Swedish Academy and the Nobel Foundation"

Seamus Heaney, Poet

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