Quotes by : Michael Palin

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

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

It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe....

I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches....

As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about....

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

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

I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each....

Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The....