Rick Steves Quotes

As a traveler, I've often found that the more a culture differs from my own, the more I am struck by its essential humanity.

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field.

A society has to make a choice: tolerate alternative lifestyles or build more prisons.

Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

Fear is for people who don't get out very much.

I travel around the world in a way that tries to open my mind and give me empathy and inspire me to come home and make this world a better place.

I have used cannabis all over the world.

Churchill War Rooms: £18, daily 9:30-18:00, last entry one hour before closing.

Italy Is Made of Tuff Stuff

Self-consciousness kills communication.

Travel is rich with learning opportunities, and the ultimate sourvenir is a broader perspective.

I've got an efficiency and a guerrilla approach ... plus a unique synergy where everything I do helps everything else because it's overlapping.

I believe if you're going to bomb someone you should know them first. It should hurt when you kill someone.

If you don't like a place, maybe you don't know enough about it ... Give a culture the benefit of your open mind.

Travel is intensified living ... and one of the last great sources of legal adventure.