“Most people who travel look only at what they are directed to look at. Great is the power of the guidebook maker, however ignorant.”
“For every traveller who has any taste of his own, the only useful guidebook will be the one which he himself has written.”
“Ignorant voters of the democracies are always a great threat to the progression of humanity, simply because they give their votes to the people who look like themselves!”
“For all the promise of digital media to bring people together, I still believe that the most sincere, lasting powers of human connection come from looking directly into someone else's eyes, with no screen in between.”
“When it comes to arrogance, power, and lack of accountability, journalists are probably the only people on the planet who make lawyers look good.”
“Most people I know live their lives moving in a constant forward direction, the whole time looking backward.”