19th century Quote by Bruce Babbitt

I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in the 17th…

— Margaret O'Brien

I wanted to go into exploration. I've always been an explorer in my youth.

— Wally Funk

I've always been interested in the rest of the world. My family is very eccentric; my parents have always been very supportive of travel…

— Lynsey Addario

I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to…

— Willie Morris

Migration was not the only unpleasant experience I went though. I was born and lived in a country ruled by a brutal dictator whose…

— Hassan Blasim

I was always fond of visiting new scenes, and observing strange characters and manners. Even when a mere child I began my travels, and…

— Washington Irving

I always felt strongly connected to the region where I was born. But after leaving school, the only clear thought I had about my…

— Volker Bertelmann

My parents always traveled a lot with their job, so it became embedded in my nature quite early on that I would crave that…

— Lucy Boynton

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere,…

— Paul Theroux

We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance.

— Carl Sagan

My entire twenties were filled with decisions that make me think, 'You had to go there, huh?' But that's part of exploration and I…

— Jeremiah Brent

When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not…

— Arthur Hailey