VACATION QUOTES III
quotations about vacations
Family values are a little like family vacations -- subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time. Though it rained all week at the beach, it's often the momentary rainbows that we remember.
LESLIE DREYFOUS
New York Times, October 25, 1992
"What shall you do all your vacation?" asked Amy. "I shall lie abed and do nothing," replied Meg.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
I need a vacation
I'm goin to Decatur where it's greater
See if I can stack me up some paper
I need a vacation
I'm goin to The Bluff where it's rough
See if I can pick me up enough
I need a vacation
I'm goin to College Park where it's dark
See if I can get me up some hard
I need a vacation
I'm goin to the Four where it good
And errbody know I make it snow
I need a vacation
JEEZY
"Vacation"
Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.
SUSAN SONTAG
On Photography
A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.
MORRIS FISHBEIN
attributed, The Little Blue Book of Travel Wisdom
That the crowd always likes a holiday is a common saying, but when the whole year becomes one long holiday, and nobody has time for attending to his business, and pleasure becomes compulsory, then it is a different matter.
ROBERT GRAVES
I, Claudius
This summer one-third of the nation will be ill-housed, ill-nourished, and ill-clad. Only they call it a vacation.
JOSEPH SALAK
attributed, Dick Enberg's Humorous Quotes for All Occasions
The man who is so run down that he needs a vacation can never adjust or reform himself in two weeks. What he really needs is to re-transform his life.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Philistine: A Periodical of Protest, 1905
Vacations are great, but unfortunately they can be very expensive. If your tastes run to fancy resorts in tropical destinations in the middle of February, you'd better be prepared to drop a significant chunk of your income on your vacations.
SARAH FISHER & SUSAN SHELLY
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s
Esteem not vacations as periods of leisure merely, for which there are no duties.
J. W. BARKER
attributed, Day's Collacon
As you watch the seemingly idyllic lives of your friends on social media, you may find a voice pointing out that your vacations are dull by contrast ... that your relationships seem to be painted in gray, while everyone else's seem to be in technicolor.
SHANKAR VEDANTAM
"The unspoken ramifications of being on social media", The Western Journal, April 26, 2017
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.
KENNETH GRAHAME
The Wind in the Willows
Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective.
DOE ZANTAMATA
attributed, Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
Expensive vacations are awesome! Cheap vacations are awesome too though. So if you're going for maximum enjoyment for your dollar, try saving some money instead. Vacations are fun because they're about new experiences, about relaxing, about doing new things, and about being with people we love. All of those things can be accomplished while sleeping in a hostel instead of a 4-star hotel. Most of those things can be accomplished nearby instead of halfway across the world after an expensive flight.
WEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
"13 reasons why you're not rich", AOL Finance, May 3, 2017
We all dream of far away.
ANONYMOUS
Vacations have become somewhat of a status symbol and a measuring device of how well we're keeping up with the Joneses. This is another path that leads directly into the "Artificial Wealth Trap." While I am a strong advocate of taking time to travel and experience other locales, you must keep in mind that vacations are not long term investments. The strategy here is simple: Do not use your credit cards to finance your travels. You may be living it up in the lap of luxury and relaxation while on vacation but ask yourself how relaxed you will feel when the bills come in.
J. J. CHILDERS
Real Wealth Without Risk
Great vacations are like great flings--you never want them to end. So much so that you find yourself swept away, sitting on the balcony of some resort, staring into the sunset and fantasizing about uprooting your life: "Why couldn't I get a job in Portofino? I was meant to live here!"
MICHAEL HAINEY
"How Bad Vacations Are Like Bad Relationships", The Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2016
When your kids are babies and you are semipsychotic from sleep deprivation, all you want is to take an honest-to-God vacation where you can put your feet up and read a book for more than 60 seconds in one sitting. The problem is that vacations with little ones are not vacations unless you are independently wealthy and have brought along multiple babysitters and doting grandparents.
KATIE ARNOLD
"How to Turn a Vacation with Kids into an Adventure", Outside Online, April 25, 2017
The whole point of the family vacation is to spend time together, bond, and create lasting memories. If you are flexible and creative, you'll find that you don't have to spend a lot of money to make that happen.
AJA MCCLANAHAN
"5 family vacations that won't break the bank", kare11, April 21, 2017
Vacations interfere with momentum.
DANIEL KIRSCHENBAUM
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