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Michael Palin quotes: I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?

I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?

Michael Palin quotes: I feel this evening that I am too hopelessly and happily corrupted by the richness of London life to ever be right for Dorset, or vice-versa.

I feel this evening that I am too hopelessly and happily corrupted by the richness of London life to ever be right for Dorset, or vice-versa.

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

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

Michael Palin quotes: When in doubt, resort to animation.

When in doubt, resort to animation.

Michael Palin quotes: People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

Michael Palin quotes: My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

My marriage has worked because I am not around much.

Michael Palin quotes: I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.

Michael Palin quotes: The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

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

Michael Palin quotes: There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.

Michael Palin quotes: The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

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

Michael Palin quotes: I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.

Michael Palin quotes: I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought ... I thought ... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought ... I thought ... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.

Michael Palin quotes: Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future

Geography is the subject which holds the key to our future

Michael Palin quotes: I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.

I would love to go to Iran. The island of Madagascar, everyone says is pretty exotic, or the wonderful Namibian desert.

Michael Palin quotes: I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

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

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

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

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

Michael Palin quotes: The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.

The kids growing up is a separate strand to your life. However bad a day you've had, that's the most important thing, and you have to remember that.

Michael Palin quotes: I will die, but not retire.

I will die, but not retire.

Michael Palin quotes: In the absence of fear there is little faith.

In the absence of fear there is little faith.

Michael Palin quotes: Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.

Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.

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

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

Michael Palin quotes: You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

Michael Palin quotes: I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

Michael Palin quotes: I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.

I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.

Michael Palin quotes: People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

Michael Palin quotes: I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.

Michael Palin quotes: Ronnie Barker was a straightforward man who had this extraordinary ability to make the nation laugh

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

Michael Palin quotes: NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!

Michael Palin quotes: I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.

Michael Palin quotes: I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.

I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.

Michael Palin quotes: I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

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

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

Michael Palin quotes: 'Nice' means nothing. Is it someone who doesn't swear and shout? I swear and shout. 'Nice' sounds ineffectual.

'Nice' means nothing. Is it someone who doesn't swear and shout? I swear and shout. 'Nice' sounds ineffectual.

Michael Palin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life

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

Michael Palin quotes: If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man.

If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man.

Michael Palin quotes: Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

Michael Palin quotes: I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.

I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.

Michael Palin quotes: The need to eat, sleep and dry out plays havoc with your sense of wonder.

The need to eat, sleep and dry out plays havoc with your sense of wonder.

Michael Palin quotes: We read poems from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse. Neil insisted on spilling wine over my carpet.

We read poems from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century Verse. Neil insisted on spilling wine over my carpet.

Michael Palin quotes: One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

One of the difficult things of so much travelling is to say goodbye.

Michael Palin quotes: All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me.

All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me.

Michael Palin quotes: George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.

George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.

Michael Palin quotes: Travelling, and being paid for it, is just great.

Travelling, and being paid for it, is just great.

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

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

Michael Palin quotes: I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.

I want people to know there is more to Somalia than looting and piracy.

Michael Palin quotes: Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young women? Answer: ME!

Now, what sort of person would write a scene where a young man stumbles upon a castle full only of beautiful young women? Answer: ME!

Michael Palin quotes: It's not a model if it's full-size. It's a ice-breaker!

It's not a model if it's full-size. It's a ice-breaker!

Michael Palin quotes: Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.

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