Explore popular quotes and sayings by a correspondent Maynard Owen Williams.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Maynard Owen Williams became the first National Geographic foreign correspondent in 1919. Over the course of his career, he explored Asia and witnessed the Russian Revolution.
Statues and children frame the Eiffel Tower and its watery image. When the Germans occupied Paris, they housed a beacon light in the Tower to guide their night planes. The victorious United States Army requisitioned this landmark as a radar transmission point.
When Luis Marden dropped in by air from Säo Paulo, he demanded gauchos.
If one sits on the head of the Great Buddha and looks across the green valley, framed by the arch of the grotto and dotted with fort-like manors that are almost tiny villages, he has a view and a sensation of rare beauty.
Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.
The uniform of Polish Uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel.