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

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.

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 generation of leaders and innovators who can be effective in an ever more globalized world, sending our students overseas is not a luxury. It's a necessity.

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

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're still behind. They're on the dark side of the moon.

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