Michael Palin quotes - page 3

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)

In the absence of fear there is little faith.

Michael Palin

My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

Michael Palin

Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.

Michael Palin

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

I wanted to be an explorer, but gradually found the world had been explored and that there was nowhere left, really. Once they climbed Everest in 1953, when I was 10 years old, I thought, 'Well, that's pretty much it now.' But the idea of travelling and exploring and adventure was very strong.

Michael Palin

I'm aware that, if you feel down, it can be strangely unrelated to circumstances around you. That's just the way life is.

Michael Palin

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

Michael Palin

Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh.

Michael Palin

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.

Michael Palin

My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy. (Michael Palin)

I've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I've often had a guide who's been able to show me things that you wouldn't see with a tour group.

Michael Palin

Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.

Michael Palin

When I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them; I'm very much geared to everything that's happening. Whereas, the diary I keep is just about a record of a day I've spent. When I'm filming, I'm looking quite intensely at everything I see and trying to get my own eye on what we're going through.

Michael Palin

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

Michael Palin

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