Quotes
Demosthenes -- “Small opportunities...”
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”
William Least Heat-Moon -- "When you're traveling..."
"When you're traveling, you are what you are there and then."
Quoted without citation in Russ Banham's Wanderlust: Airstream at 75. (p. 51) Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc.: Old Saybrook, CT.
Wally Byam -- "Don't live in the past or future. Make history..."
"Don't live in the past or future. Make history. Get enjoyment out of the little things. Cultivate will power. Treat Mayme nice." (Mayme was Byam's high school sweetheart.)
Byam, Wally. (1916) "Affirmation." Wally Byam's journal entry for November 26, 1916 as pictured in Russ Banham's Wanderlust: Airstream at 75. (p. 33) Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc.: Old Saybrook, CT.
Wally Byam -- "...a little direct people-to-people exchange couldn't hurt anything..."
"...a little direct people-to-people exchange couldn't hurt anything and might even do some good. Having fun, exchanging views, making friends -- these were our simple purposes, and we thought that the more there was of such activities the better it would be for everyone."
Byam, Wally. (1960) Trailer travel here and abroad: The New way to adventurous living. (p. 296) David McKay, Inc.: NY.
Wally Byam -- "We feel that we have spread more honest to goodness..."
"We feel that we have spread more honest to goodness, down to earth goodwill in the countries we've visited than all the striped-pants diplomats put together."
Wally Byam -- "Adventure is where you find it..."
"Adventure is where you find it, any place, every place, except at home in the rocking chair."
National Geographic -- "If Africa's wildlife and cultures are to be preserved..."
"If Africa's wildlife and cultures are to be preserved for future generations, sustainable tourism is the only way to travel."
"Go There: How Tourism Can Help." National Geographic. Vol. 208 (3): (unpaged). September, 2005.
David Quammen -- "Of course Africa isn't a place; it's a million places..."
"Of course Africa isn't a place; its a million places. Its landscapes are more diverse than those of any other continent."
Quammen, David. "Tracing the Human Footprint." National Geographic. Vol. 208 (3): (16). September, 2005.
Jared Diamond -- "Is the African continent doomed....Absolutely not."
"Is the African continent doomed eternally to wars, poverty, and devastating diseases? Absolutely not."
Diamond, Jared. "The Shape of Africa." National Geographic. Vol. 208 (3): (unpaged). September, 2005.
Wangari Matthai -- "Protecting the global environment..."
"Protecting the global environment is directly related to securing peace."
