VACATION QUOTES V
quotations about vacations
There is probably no more obnoxious class of citizen, taken end for end, than the returning vacationist.
ROBERT BENCHLEY
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Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations?
AMOR TOWLES
Rules of Civility
If people would only give, just once in their lives, the same amount of serious reflection to what they want to get out of life that they give to the question of what they want to get out of a two-weeks' vacation ... who wouldn't be horrified at the aimless procession of their busy days.
DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER
The Squirrel-cage
Vacations are great, but they're even better when you don't have to pay full price.
JORDAN WATHEN
"3 of the Best Premier Credit Card Perks", The Motley Fool, April 27, 2017
There was nothing like a Saturday -- unless it was the Saturday leading up to the last week of school and into summer vacation. That of course was all the Saturdays of your life rolled into one big shiny ball.
NORA ROBERTS
Rising Tides
I honestly believe vacations are medicine for the soul.
DIANNE NEWCOMER
"The dog days of summer are just around the corner", Monroe News Star, April 15, 2017
One person's idea of a good time may differ from everyone else's. Poll family members regarding their vision of a dream vacation and spend time trying to cater to at least one of these ideas per person. Make certain children have a say as well, as they'll be more likely to go along with plans that they were involved in making.
METRO CREATIVE CONNECTIONS
"Plan for a successful family vacation", The Stanley News & Press, April 27, 2017
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
MARK TWAIN
attributed, Unlimited Power
It was exciting to be off on a journey she had looked forward to for months. Oddly, the billowing diesel fumes of the airport did not smell like suffocating effluence, it assumed a peculiar pungent scent that morning, like the beginning of a new adventure, if an adventure could exude a fragrance.
E. A. BUCCHIANERI
Brushstrokes of a Gadfly