Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

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.

Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.

One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.

I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan--I'm not into it. It's silly.

By choosing to be in His kingdom, we separate—not isolate—ourselves from the world.

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

After I became confident in Him it didn't matter what anyone said because I was confident in something and someone way bigger than myself.

I can tweet before going to bed at midnight or 1 and know that they're up and at 'em, and they're going to have to respond.

The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.