Everyone had an opinion and no one had a solution.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

Sound systems are what turn cars into escape vehicles, even if you've got nowhere to go.

We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent we have discovered afterward that much was accomplished and much was begun in us.

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

I'm a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.

You can't move forward until you look back.

Life is challenging for everyone. If someone can believe that he's a sovereign in his tiny domain, it's just an adaptation to life.

There are real radical Muslim groups out there that really are pretty villainous. You don't have to make them up.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.