Subject: Activities » Travel

He travels fastest who travels alone… but he hasn’t anything to do when he gets there.

If my dead father was alive to hear that, it would kill him.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

My wife and I can never agree on holidays… I want to fly to exotic places and stay in five-star hotels… and she wants to come with me.

comedian

He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.

Have you ever thought about registering as a sex offender just so your friends won’t bring their kids over to your house?

(1967 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

Customs is punishment for those who travel.

(1969 – ) American comedian & actor

1. You can get “anywhere” in ten minutes if you go fast enough.
2. Speed bumps are of negligible effect when the vehicle exceeds triple the desired restraining speed.
3. The vehicle in front of you is traveling slower than you are.
4. This lane ends in 500 feet.

The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.

(1920 – 2001) American writer & humorist

I hate traveling, I guess ’cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian & television host

The traveller sees what he sees; the tourist sees what he has come to see.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

Bus schedules are arranged so your bus will arrive at the transfer point precisely one minute after the connecting bus has left.

When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

There’s no future in time travel.

Those who live closest arrive latest.

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

disc jockey, screenwriter & humorist

Detour: Something that lengthens your mileage, diminishes your gas, and strengthens your vocabulary.

In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.

(1957 – ) American comedian

1. The last gas station for 50 miles will be closed when you get there. 2. At the moment of any departure, the level of gas in your tank depends entirely on how late you are. 3. You only run out of gas after your wife tells you to stop for gas before you run out.

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

(1926 – ) film director, screenwriter, composer, comedian, actor & producer

I just got out of the hospital… I had my mother removed from my back.

comedian & television writer

I’ve been to almost as many places as my luggage!

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor