America Quote by Charles Kuralt

I had to make a living, so I got happily diverted into writing about expeditions and adventures.

— Peter Heller

You know, I began my life as a creative person writing true things for magazines and telling some very honest, straightforward personal essaying for…

— John Hodgman

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I…

— Robert Osborne

I went to South America with the idea that I would be an explorer, that I'd find lost tribes, become one of them, marry…

— Yossi Ghinsberg

Everything I know about work and opportunity, I learned from my parents. They risked everything to ensure my family and I could have a…

— Alex Padilla

Visits to 'the country' were very important to me growing up, especially working on the farm, experiencing all the wonders of cats and chickens…

— Anonymous

My life was a wandering; I never had a homeland. It was a matter of being constantly tossed about, without rest; nowhere and never…

— Anonymous

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer…

— Oprah Winfrey

My father didn't want me to go to New York City, and I was determined to go. Learning to give myself the permission to…

— Betty Buckley

The only thing I ran into is that I am a wanderlust, as far as travel and adventure. I will go off on any…

— John Travolta

Traveling gave me the opportunity to reinvent myself. You can imagine my excitement when, one year after my bone marrow transplant and two years…

— Suleika Jaouad

As a child, we couldn't afford holidays overseas, so instead I travelled through books. I was inspired by Dr Dolittle and Tarzan.

— Jane Goodall