Vacation Quotes - Page 11

• The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Two, Firsts, Endless

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.48, BookBaby

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• I don't know French at all. I took some lessons when I was younger but all I know are the numbers. I've been told basically everyone in Monaco speaks English because of it being a huge vacation spot so I'm excited about that. I might not need to learn French after all.

  Freddy Adu

  Speak English, Numbers, Lessons

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• For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.

  Erma Bombeck

  Husband, Kids, Years

  Erma Bombeck, Bil Keane (2011). “Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!”, p.70, Fawcett

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• My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company's Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years.

  Didi Conn

  Summer, Teacher, Jobs

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• Whenever I go anywhere but Italy for a vacation, I always feel vaguely disappointed, as if I have made a mistake.

  Erica Jong

  Mistake, Made, Feels

  Erica Jong (1999). “What Do Women Want?: Bread, Roses, Sex, Power”, Perennial

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• [On George W. Bush:] How is it possible that the president is off on vacation and the vice president is, too? Not that it matters that much if the president is on vacation; on some level, the president is always on vacation.

  Nora Ephron

  President, Vices, Levels

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• ...just like some people's instinct to photograph is triggered by vacation... assignments might be that to me and that's why I've built my life around assignments. That was the way to live the photographic life.

  Sam Abell

  People, Way To Live, Might

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• [On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go.

  Jessica Alba

  Daughter, Travel, Two

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• Since traveling is such a big part of my life when I am working, I like to vacation relatively close to home. Florida is a great place for me to go and relax. It's so close, which is perfect because it's the minimal travel time.

  Hilary Rhoda

  Home, Florida, Perfect

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• Like most arts, the link between the mind and the pen can chain you like an enslaved workaholic. Even on an intended vacation you suddenly have this killer urge to record whatever the vacation may teach.

  Criss Jami

  Art, Mind, Records

  Criss Jami (2016). “Healology”, p.40, Criss Jami

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• When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.

  Vince McMahon

  Stuff, Kind, Busy

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• When you bounce your eyes away from a sexual image, immediately pull from your memory a pure image. Maybe a wedding picture, or a vacation experience with your family, or your buddies. There are thousands of positive images you can pull from your memory within seconds to replace the sexual images you're tempted with.

  Steve Arterburn

  Memories, Eye, Our Family

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• A vacation from school should not mean hunger for our children.

  Dina Titus

  Children, School, Mean

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• I do hear about these actors who go on vacations to Bali for three months, and their agents are banging their heads against a wall trying to find their clients - but that's not me. I'm working hard every day. Enjoy your vacation.

  Erin Cummings

  Wall, Trying, Goes On

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In July everybody you telephone is somewhere else - either on the beach or on vacation, and half the time you're somewhere else too.

  Jean Hersey

  Beach, July, Somewhere Else

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• July is hollyhocks and hammocks, fireworks and vacations, hot and steamy weather, cool and refreshing swims, beach picnics, and vegetables all out of the garden - first sweet corn on the cob dripping with butter, first tomatoes dead ripe and sunwarm, string beans, squash, crisp cucumbers. July can also be hard and shiny, brassy and sharp. Some days are like copper pennies in the sunlight.

  Jean Hersey

  Sweet, Beach, Garden

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• I took a month long vacation in the stratosphere, and you know it's very hard to hold your breath.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Long, Months, Outer Space

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• Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.

  Clarence Darrow

  Summer, New York, Population

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• The number of people in the world engaged in this search for catastrophic impactors totals one or two dozen. How long into the future are you willing to protect Homo sapiens on Earth? Before you answer that question, take a detour to Arizona's Meteor Crater during your next vacation.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Two, Numbers, Long

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• Everybody in 15th century Spain was wrong about where China was and as a result, Columbus discovered Caribbean vacations.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Columbus, Spain, Century

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• Vacations are designed to refresh the outlook of everyone. No matter how tired they may be when they return to work, vacationers have been refreshed emotionally and intellectually. Their effectiveness in their job has probably improved, and they are, generally speaking, better employees for the time off.

  Bobby Fischer

  Jobs, Tired, Effectiveness

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• I travel so much on stories, so I don't take vacation much, but one place I go back to again and again is my ranch.

  Bill Kurtis

  Stories, Again And Again

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• Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.

  Dana Plato

  Growing Up, Skills, Special

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation.

  Clint Walker

  Dirty, Dozen, Nasty

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• Power concedes nothing without a demand. The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations.

  Ralph Nader

  Struggle, Justice, Demand

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