Michael Palin Quotes

• If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man.

  Michael Palin

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• I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end.

  Michael Palin

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• Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.

  Michael Palin

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• There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

  Michael Palin

• People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

  Michael Palin

• One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

  Michael Palin

• I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it’s part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.

  Michael Palin

• I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

  Michael Palin

• I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I’d far rather see for myself what’s going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

  Michael Palin

• I always wanted to be an explorer, but – it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

  Michael Palin

• Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won’t be made safer by creating barriers between people.

  Michael Palin

• Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

  Michael Palin

• The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

  Michael Palin

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• I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

  Michael Palin

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Michael Palin (14)

Birth:	5th May, 1943
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter, Writer

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