Occupation: Author Birth: May 10, 1955
I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective..
I have a New Year's tradition. I lay all my travel dreams on the table, sort them out, prioritize, and begin the process of turning those dreams into….
I think that people don't realize that the sky will not fall when we legalize marijuana. My contention all along has been use will not go up when it'….
Ideally, travel broadens our perspectives personally, culturally, and politically. Suddenly, the palette with which we paint the story of our lives h….
I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field..
Self-consciousness kills communication..
Fear is for people who don’t get out very much..
Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking..
I've traveled all over the country. Look at the East Coast. They just can't hardly believe how far along we are and in their world it feels like they….
By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean with weird legs and antennae….
I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some ….
It's just in Washington we're talking about equal rights for gay people, civil liberty to smoke marijuana, taking care of the environment, and it's a….
Travel challenges truths that we were raised thinking were self-evident and God-given. Leaving home, we learn other people find different truths to b….
I believe if you’re going to bomb someone you should know them first. It should hurt when you kill someone..
It's never too late to have a happy childhood, and age only matters if you're a cheese..
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..
If you don't like a place, maybe you don't know enough about it... Give a culture the benefit of your open mind..
A society has to make a choice: tolerate alternative lifestyles or build more prisons..
Even in challenging economic times, making sure that study abroad is part of our college students' education is a vital investment. If we want a new ….
We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic country, but we've come a long way ….
I have used cannabis all over the world..