“Since Marco Polo, he thought, this climate has defeated Western civilization.” — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the… — Benedict Wong Copy Share Image
My mom didn't teach me about Marco Polo. She didn't teach me about Napoleon. She didn't teach me about any of that.… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
“Marco Polo had been to China; Vasco de Gama had discovered the route to the Cape. The continent was in ferment, in… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
“Each time I say good-bye to a place I like, I feel like I am leaving a part of me behind. I… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
This miottaiedn on the word TYPHLOLOGY is so uplifting and observant. If only those of us sentient and seeing beings could be… — Kadafi Copy Share Image
“Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone. 'But which is the stone that supports the bridge?' Kublai Khan asks. 'The bridge… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
The scripts for Marco Polo are absolutely, positively fantastic. The challenge of making that show in China has proved to be as… — Chris Albrecht Copy Share Image
In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
“Jerott?’ said Lymond. ‘What are you not saying?’ His eyes, as the orderly cavalcade paced through the muddy streets, had not left… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
“The Han language resembles no other on this earth. While I had no trouble learning to speak Mongol, and to write with… — Gary Jennings Copy Share Image
“Marco Polo’s father, Niccolò Polo, traded with the Persians who were known to the early Europeans. These early Persians came from the… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“I’d been reborn since Marlboro Man had entered my life; his wild abandon and unabashed passion had freed me from the shackles… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo. — Zhu Zhu Copy Share Image
“thought of him as a citizen not of New York but of the invisible city of Octavia which Marco Polo described to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
It's important for people to try and be more like Marco Polo in how he explored the world, very few of us… — Zhu Zhu Copy Share Image
Ah teach me bout Marco Polo and Napoleon. Nah teach me nothin' 'bout the river Nile bank. Where civilization it began. You… — Capleton Copy Share Image
I did 'The Avengers.' 'Marco Polo' happened at the same time for me. So working that schedule out was a bit of… — Claudia Kim Copy Share Image
Kublai noticed this uncommon perception that Marco Polo has, with the idea to explain and talk about his country so vividly that… — Benedict Wong Copy Share Image
Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
There is still one of which you never speak.' Marco Polo bowed his head. 'Venice,' the Khan said. Marco smiled. 'What else… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
We trusted the writers and showrunners [in Westworlds] so much because they're so brilliant and the writing's so incredible. It really was… — Evan Rachel Wood Copy Share Image
Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance Europe. Then, Columbus sailed the ocean… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“When Marco Polo came at last to Cathay, seven hundred years ago, did he not feel--and did his heart not falter as… — Richard Adams Copy Share Image
“Marco Polo, who wrote that Mongol couriers could cover 250 or even 300 miles in a single day. Reading historical tales about… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
“What benefit have the Hindus derived from their contact with Christian nations? The idea generally prevalent in this country about the morality… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Because I live in south Florida I store cans of black beans and gallons of water in my closet in preparation for… — Gregory Sherl Copy Share Image