Abroad Experience Quotes

Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.

Moving abroad brings you on both as a player and a person.

It's worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork.

What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.

I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.

...is this not in fact the purpose of young Americans going abroad? To make them think of things they never thought of?

Like many foreign students when they go abroad, I was instantly thrust into a position of having to explain and defend my country. That is a very common predicament.

Do you think it's so snobbish, to want to see something besides one's fellow citizens abroad?

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

It was hard to leave my boyhood club Arsenal, it's still my dream to play for Arsenal, but I know I have to put that on hold and go and play abroad to get some experience in Germany.

In my time abroad, I learned to become a more complete player.

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice.

An experience abroad really enriches you.

I always say to young people, "Get the hell out of the United States." Especially if you're young, like if you're 21 or something. Let's say you don't speak any Italian. You're 21. Everyone's going to want to sleep with you and be nice to you. And the best way to learn a language is to sleep with someone from that country.

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

Working abroad made me better.

I have a B.A. in Spanish, so briefly I thought that somebody might pay me to speak Spanish badly in another country, like Norway.

You've got to pay an awful lot for your hotel before you get fresh orange juice. If a hotel has got proper orange juice - and you do expect it if you're abroad - I rank the hotel highly.

When I was 17, I studied at RADA in London for the summer. I wanted to live abroad and to pursue drama, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I thought I may as well throw myself in at the deep end. My first big role is in 'Starlet.'

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.

I've grown up a lot in England.

I went to university for a year, and I'm not one for schooling and have no enjoyment sitting in a classroom all day and ended up going to live in England for two years, just to travel. I worked in a bar in a hotel for a couple of years and had no intention of becoming an actor. That's where I met my agent.

Indian men need to break the typical mentality. I've lived abroad and now that I'm here, I see a huge difference.

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad.