Saturday, 22 November 2014

22nd November: Thomas Cook: Travel quotes

Thomas Cook, English travel agent, was born on 22 November 1808. To celebrate his birthdate, 10 quotes about travel:


  1. All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost. JRR Tolkien
  2. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Mike Lancelot
  3. In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley
  4. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. St Augustine
  5. Do not stand by the waterside watching the ship go by when you have a first class ticket in your pocket. Vicky Wall
  6. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. TS Eliot
  7. Science may create a vehicle to take you anywhere you want to go, but only myth will give you a reason for going. J.E. Hoke
  8. To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. Robert Louis Stevenson
  9. Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going. Paul Theroux
  10. Travelling in the company of those we love is home in motion. Leigh Hunt

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