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Paul Fussell Quotes

Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility Picture Quote #1

Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon Picture Quote #1

If I didn’t have writing, I’d be running down the street hurling grenades in people’s faces Picture Quote #1

Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they’re writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can’t hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke Picture Quote #1

Tourism requires that you see conventional things, and that you see them in a conventional way Picture Quote #1

Exploration belongs to the Renaissance, travel to the bourgeois age, tourism to our proletarian moment Picture Quote #1

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Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends Picture Quote #1

What someone doesn’t want you to publish is journalism; all else is publicity Picture Quote #1

The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class Picture Quote #1

Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys Picture Quote #1

The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time Picture Quote #1

Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience Picture Quote #1

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Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way Picture Quote #1

Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence Picture Quote #1

Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice Picture Quote #1

I find nothing more depressing than optimism Picture Quote #1

If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another Picture Quote #1

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don’t know the present Picture Quote #1

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Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles Picture Quote #1

The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally Picture Quote #1

If I didn’t have writing, I’d be running down the street hurling grenades in people’s faces Picture Quote #1

Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience, and the best travellers... seem to be those able to hold two or three inconsistent ideas in their minds at the same time, or able to regard themselves as at once serious persons and clowns Picture Quote #1

All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel Picture Quote #1

If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm Picture Quote #1

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Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it’s fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment Picture Quote #1

Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they’re writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can’t hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke Picture Quote #1

Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse towards sadism and brutality... Not only did I learn to kill with a noose of piano wire put around someone’s neck from behind, but I learned to enjoy the prospect of killing that way Picture Quote #1

And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach Picture Quote #1

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it Picture Quote #1

I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals Picture Quote #1

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Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility. (Paul Fussell Quotes) Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon. (Paul Fussell Quotes) If I didn’t have writing, I’d be running down the street hurling grenades in people’s faces. (Paul Fussell Quotes) Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they’re writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can’t hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke. (Paul Fussell Quotes) Tourism requires that you see conventional things, and that you see them in a conventional way (Paul Fussell Quotes) Exploration belongs to the Renaissance, travel to the bourgeois age, tourism to our proletarian moment. (Paul Fussell Quotes) Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends (Paul Fussell Quotes) What someone doesn’t want you to publish is journalism; all else is publicity (Paul Fussell Quotes) The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class (Paul Fussell Quotes) Things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys (Paul Fussell Quotes) The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time (Paul Fussell Quotes) Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience (Paul Fussell Quotes) Travel sharpens the senses. Abroad one feels, sees and hears things in an abnormal way (Paul Fussell Quotes) Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence (Paul Fussell Quotes) Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice (Paul Fussell Quotes) I find nothing more depressing than optimism (Paul Fussell Quotes) If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another (Paul Fussell Quotes) Understanding the past requires pretending that you don’t know the present (Paul Fussell Quotes) Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles (Paul Fussell Quotes) The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally (Paul Fussell Quotes) If I didn’t have writing, I’d be running down the street hurling grenades in people’s faces (Paul Fussell Quotes) Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience, and the best travellers... seem to be those able to hold two or three inconsistent ideas in their minds at the same time, or able to regard themselves as at once serious persons and clowns (Paul Fussell Quotes) All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel (Paul Fussell Quotes) If the term discussion has always seemed to me to imply mild warnings of wasted time, workshop sets off a clangorous alarm (Paul Fussell Quotes) Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it’s fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment (Paul Fussell Quotes) Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they’re writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can’t hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke (Paul Fussell Quotes) Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse towards sadism and brutality... Not only did I learn to kill with a noose of piano wire put around someone’s neck from behind, but I learned to enjoy the prospect of killing that way (Paul Fussell Quotes) And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach (Paul Fussell Quotes) Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it (Paul Fussell Quotes) I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals (Paul Fussell Quotes)

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