Quote by Ernest Giles

“Every explorer I have met has been driven—not coincidentally but quintessentially—by curiosity, by a single-minded, insatiable, and even jubilant need to know.”

— Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“he would have been the first to scoff at the notion of labeling himself anything other than an explorer. His words to me were,…

— Val Holley

“ Traveling into the unfamiliar is quite an adventure for a blind person. It makes me feel like a real explorer.”

— Gretchen Preston

“His was one of those well-groomed reputations that get the most out of everything; any unusual holiday acquires the character of an exploration, and…

— James Hilton

“Holding onto the naive belief that travel will open.”

— Patti Smith

“I had once read a book that said a traveler should always have one and it made a lot of sense.”

— Ilona Andrews

“If the spirit of your imagination is limited, your journey of discovery will be very short.”

— Alastair Agutter

“...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

“On that trip it was my good fortune to be wrong; being mistaken is the essence of the traveler's tale.”

— Paul Theroux

“The strong belief can make things out of imagination. But that can also make facts as if they were fairy tales.”

— Toba Beta

“One key to life is to be realistic by being more than imaginative.”

— Jesse Thompson

“How strange to think that you cannot pass along the discovery.”

— Walker Percy