Much Needed Vacation Quotes

#1. The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

Confucius

#2. Direct my attention to the flurry of snow outside. It's everywhere, white and crisp and completely innocent looking as it shines under the sun. It's a false innocence though, because the icy roads here have caused many accidents and taken many lives.

Jessica Sorensen

#3. all misery comes from fear, from unsatisfied desire.

Swami Vivekananda

#4. I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy. My nightly bloodlust overflowed into my days and I had to leave the city. My mask of sanity was a victim of impending slippage. This was the bone season for me and I needed a vacation.

Bret Easton Ellis

#5. I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.

Raymond Chandler

#6. A little nonconceptuality can provide a much needed vacation.

Dalai Lama XIV

#7. It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to name just a few. Forget the scythe, Goddamn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a vacation.

Markus Zusak

#8. My must-have hair products are Phyto silk spray and Kusco-Murphy setting lotion.

Johanna Braddy

#9. Yes, this little vacation was just what the doctor ordered, if that doctor was of the philosophy of running away from your problems. I needed space, I needed to clear my head, and I needed to get back on track. Somehow, somewhere, I'd fallen off course.

Ophelia London

#10. If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.

Dolly Parton

#11. In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.

Chinua Achebe

#12. The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.

Joshua Foer

#13. My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#14. We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

George Cukor

#15. Relatively few people should start companies.

Reid Hoffman

#16. Look natural, that is the best way. Flowers, plants, and animals are all content with how they look - satisfied with nature's endowment. Only human beings are eager to change what nature has given them.

Betty Jamie Chung