140 Quotes by Michael Palin

There was a mixture there and it was a rather pleasant mixture, and I think it helped him a lot in the last few years, that he had his spirituality, ... Death held no terrors for George whatsoever, and he still got a lot out of life and found the humor was there right up to when the last time I saw him, which was in August.

I love reading other people's diaries, especially someone like Virginia Woolf's - such a formidable woman that it's a revelation when she shows you a more vulnerable side of herself.

I can't think of anyone who knew how to play comedy better than Ronnie Barker and I count myself enormously fortunate to have known and worked with him,

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

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers. I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

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

My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

If I am seen as successful, it's all the more reason not to change - not to lose track of friends, not to be driven everywhere, not to go and get away from the world. That, to me, is real success: enjoying what you do, but being the same person.

Geography prepares for the world of work - geographers, with their skills of analysis are highly employable!