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Quotes by Michael Palin

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.
– Michael Palin
Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.
– Michael Palin
I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.
– Michael Palin
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 traveller.
– Michael Palin
I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.
– Michael Palin
I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes.
– Michael Palin
I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.
– Michael Palin
I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.
– Michael Palin
Of course there is a huge in our material welfare, religious upbringing, and things like that. But things like your family, your house, your children's education, your hope for the future, are things that throughout the Muslim world they would share very easily with their counterparts in America.
– Michael Palin
Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.
– Michael Palin
One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.
– Michael Palin
People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.
– Michael Palin
The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.
– Michael Palin
There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.
– Michael Palin