Tim Bower
"Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential
experience of our time. "
-John Berger
David Johnson
"The "Great Migration" from the South to the '"The Promise Land" of Chicago brought more African Americans
here from Mississippi than any other state...With the migrants came the Delta blues that was the foundation
of the classic postwar Chicago blues style."
-Mississippi Blues Commission
Ricardo Martinez
"Migrations speak to us, not just as observers, but as integral parts of nature."
-David S. Wilcove
Tyler Jacobson
"America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had
encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. "
-James Madison
Chris Gall
"A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving."
-Lao Tzu
Mark Elliot
It is hard to begin to move when you don't know where you are moving, how to move, or if you are going to get there. "
-Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Douglas Smith
"In blazing a trail; in setting a standard, think of the highest and distinctive standard. If your contenders beat it,
you still have the highest standard."
-Ernest Agyemand Yeboah
Thomas Ehretsmann
"Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good
deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding
grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing. "
-Henry Johnston
John Mattos
"A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places. "
-Isabelle Eberhardt
Dongyun Lee
"They told me to grow roots, instead I grew wings."
-Lou
Niklas Asker
"I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be. "
-Waris Dirie
Michal Dziekan
"Sometimes I feel very alone. I am a bit of a nomad. Many people in sort of emerging countries, emerging
economies, find themselves displaced. So there is that sense, and so I'm part of a whole, I think, group of
displaced people. "
-Charles Abani
Chase Stone
"... given the distances these nomads travel, the varied habitats they visit, and the hardships they face,
it makes little sense to exclude them from a discussion of the plight of migratory species."
- David S. Wilcove
Oscar Ramos
"Long term travel is not an act of rebellion against society; it's an act of common sense within society."
-Rolf Potts
Maria Corte Maidagan
"As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country,
every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives. "
-Brian Moore
David Palumbo
"Pioneer: One who goes before to prepare or open up the way for others to follow."
-Oxford English Dictionary
Paul Cox
"For me, moving is always a big opportunity. It's just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move,
it seems to open something up. "
- John Darnielle
Gary Kelley
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity
keeps leading us down new paths. "
-Walt Disney
