I've been lucky enough to stand on both poles, but the place that seemed the remotest to me was Butugychag, a former… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Geography prepares for the world of work - geographers, with their skills of analysis are highly employable! — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
If I am seen as successful, it's all the more reason not to change - not to lose track of friends, not… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
There are many ways of seeing the world. You can hang upside down from a meteor, volunteer to be the fourth stage… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk across deserts or cycle across… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe. — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
From my travels around the world I have seen how much damage and pollution is done by the careless disposal of waste.… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an explorer, but gradually found the world had been explored and that there was nowhere left, really. Once… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe. — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
The need to eat, sleep and dry out plays havoc with your sense of wonder. — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me. — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start. — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Geography prepares for the world of work - geographers, with their skills of analysis are highly employable! — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy. — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
Hollywood was possible for a while! Why didn't I go along with it? Well, the other things that were pulling me back were more… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to stand on both poles, but the place that seemed the remotest to me was Butugychag, a former gulag in… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
