Mark Rogers > Mark's Quotes

“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.”
― Anthony Bourdain

“This novel is fiction, except for the parts that aren't.”
― Michael Crichton

“I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.”
― Anthony Bourdain

“If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.”
― Neil Peart

“I can worship Nature, and that fulfills my need for miracles and beauty. Art gives a spiritual depth to existence -- I can find worlds bigger and deeper than my own in music, paintings, and books. And from my friends and family I receive the highest benediction, emotional contact, and personal affirmation. I can bow before the works of Man, from buildings to babies, and that fulfills my need for wonder. I can believe in the sanctity of Life, and that becomes the Revealed Word, to live my life as I believe it should be, not as I'm told to by self-appointed guides.”
― Neil Peart, The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa

“We're only immortal for a limited time.”
― Neil Peart

“From the point of ignition.
To the final drive.
The point of the journey is not to arrive.”
― Neil Peart