Copyright © 2008 by Open Horizons and John Kremer
Last modified: 3/12/08
The Quotable Books Series ...
Travel and Home
All about the pleasures
of home, travel, and everywhere in between(sample quotations from the book)
Never use emergency road flares to light a cigar. AAA radio advertisement
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey, artist
There is an art, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams, science fiction novelist
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running. African proverb
My hometown was so dull that one time the tide went out and never came back. Fred Allen, comedian
I'm astounded by people who want to know the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. Woody Allen, actor, director, and producer
If God wanted us to fly, he would have given us baggy, Nomex skin. aviation quote
New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian. Russell Baker, journalist
If we ever want to get to the planet Venus, we need to convince the raccoons that theres food there and then follow them. Dave Barry, humorist
Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color of a Nile sunset, the sorts of vegetation one will find along the upper Amazon and that Big Ben has not yet gone digital. Vincent Canby, movie critic
If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. Lewis Carroll, novelist and mathematician
Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. Johnny Carson, TV talk show host
Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. W. C. Fields, comedian
In Africa, how long you live is measured by how many friends you have. Friends of Animals magazine advertisement
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Robert Frost, poet, The Death of a Hired Man
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