Vacation Quotes - Page 25

• [When asked: "If women voted, would they not have to sit on juries?":] Many women would be glad of a chance to sit on anything. There are women who stand up and wash six days in the week at 75 cents a day who would like to take a vacation and sit on a jury at $1.50.

  Anna Howard Shaw

  Law, Would Be, Wages

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• As the Democrats get revved up at their convention in Boston, President Bush is fighting back the only way he knows how: by going on vacation! Ah, it's nice to take a rest, replenish your supply of smirks. The vacation was expected, because Bush traditionally takes a month off every summer to relax and avoid reading National Security Warnings.

  Craig Kilborn

  Summer, Nice, Reading

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• Temporary release from work, through vacations, becomes more welcome, more pleasurable, even more necessary, as we grow older.

  B. C. Forbes

  Welcome, Release, Grows

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• President Bush earned $400,000 for his job as president last year. That's not really that much for being president when you think about it. But President Bush, he doesn't do it for the money, he does it for the eight months of vacation every year.

  Jay Leno

  Jobs, Thinking, Eight

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• Long distance hiking is not a vacation, it's too long for that. It's not recreation, too much toil and pain involved. It is, we decide, a way of life, a very simplified Spartan way of living ... life on the move ... heavy packs, sweating brow; they make you appreciate warm sunshine, companionship, cool water. The best way to appreciate these things that are precious and important in life it is take them away.

  Cindy Ross

  Pain, Distance, Live Life

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• There is no vacation for a writer! Every moment of his life is work!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Life Is, Moments

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• Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.

  Padgett Powell

  Headache, Bigs, Heavy

  Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2012.

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• I came back from vacation and I ate everything. I mean I'm sipping cocktails by the pool, thinking I'm a size 2. And now, you know, my dress is tight. So, I need it, too. I always need to remind myself: It's okay.

  Viola Davis

  Mean, Thinking, Dresses

  Source: www.elle.com

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• [How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step is to form theories freely of how to rid yourself of that burden . . . ; The third step is to develop in foresight the consequences of your proposals . . . ; The fourth and final step in thinking is to compare the consequences of your proposals to see which is best in the light of your scheme of life as a whole . . . ; Whether you choose a vacation or a spouse, a party or a candidate, a cause to contribute to or a creed to live by - think!

  Brand Blanshard

  Party, Thinking, Light

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• Tourism is the sum total of the travel experience. It is not just what happens at the destination. It involves everything that a person sees and does from the time he or she leaves home until the vacation is over. Getting there can be half the fun, but frequently it is not. There are many great destinations in America, but, unfortunately, there are very few great journeys left, which is why it is in the interest of the tourism industry to encourage the development of greenways, heritage corridor, bike paths, hiking trails, and other forms of alternative transportation.

  Ed McMahon

  Fun, Home, Journey

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• History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going on vacation or the team at Odeon trying a little side project that allowed people to communicate in real time as long as their message was 140 characters or less (which ultimately of course became Twitter), the unintended is often the transformational.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Real, Team, Character

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Save for your goals. Take note of what's coming your way - vacations, the holidays, what ever is going to cost you money - and start saving ahead of time so that you have a stash when the time comes.

  Jean Chatzky

  Holiday, Goal, Cost

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want

  Parker Stevenson

  Thinking, Phones, Important

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• Sunshine is my quest.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Sunshine, Quests

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• If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.

  Park Chan-wook

  Home, Destination, Ifs

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• The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Uncles, Lying, Hero

  "The Last Unicorn". Book by Peter S. Beagle, 1968.

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• Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.

  Camille Paglia

  Dog, Sex, Feminist

  Camille Paglia (2011). “Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays”, p.50, Vintage

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• Debt never sleeps nor sickens nor dies; it never goes to the hospital; it works on Sundays and holidays; it never takes a vacation...it is never laid off work...it buys no food; it wears no clothes; it is unhoused... it has neither weddings nor births nor deaths; it has no love, no sympathy; it is as hard and soulless as a granite cliff. Once in debt, it is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it...and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.

  J. Reuben Clark

  Crush, Holiday, Sleep

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• Chilling out on the bed in your hotel room watching television, while wearing your own pajamas, is sometimes the best part of a vacation.

  Laura Marano

  Bed, Television, Rooms

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

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• I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?

  Philip Johnson

  Funny, Beach, Hate

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• People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Selfish, Men, People

  Michel Houellebecq (2003). “Platform: A Novel”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• Most people feel best about their work the week before their vacation, but it's not because of the vacation itself. What do you do the last week before you leave on a big trip? You clean up, close up, clarify, and renegotiate all your agreements with yourself and others. I just suggest that you do this weekly instead of yearly.

  David Allen

  Inspirational, Agreement, People

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• I wanna take it deeper than money, pussy, vacation and influence a generation that's lacking in patience.

  Drake

  Humble, Pussy, Generations

  "Song: "From Time" ("Nothing Was the Same")". 2013.

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• Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.

  Bill Gates

  Family, Time, Kids

  "One-on-One with Bill Gates". INterview with Peter Jennings, abcnews.go.com. February 16, 2005.

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• When all else fails, take a vacation.

  Betty Williams

  Failing, When All Else Fails

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