I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

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.

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Surround yourself with positive people

To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.

And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible.

All the remedies for all the types of conflicts are alike in that they begin by finding the facts rather than by starting a fight.

I want to keep growing and I want to be an actress for as long as I can.

I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to.

Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?

There are so many glamorous actresses, but you know what? In the real world, nobody looks like that.

We must teach our children that the real measure of their success in life is how much they'd be worth if they had absolutely nothing.