Every Englishman abroad, until
Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist. Evelyn Waugh
Tourists
The tourist debauches the
The tourist debauches the great monuments of antiquity, a comic figure, always inapt in his comments, incongruous in his appearance; …avarice and deceit attack him at every step; the shops that he patronizes are full of forgeries… But we need feel no scruple or twinge of uncertainty; ‘we’ are travelers and cosmopolitans; the tourist is … Read more
My love affair with
My love affair with nature is so deep that I am not satisfied with being a mere onlooker, or nature tourist. I crave a more real and meaningful relationship. The spicy teas and tasty delicacies I prepare from wild ingredients are the bread and wine in which I have communion and fellowship with nature, and … Read more
I’m like a tourist
I’m like a tourist when I’m in London. Erin O’Connor
…to be injured on
…to be injured on this tundra would lead to a quick and painful death—or at the very least abject humiliation before the popping flashes of the tourist season’s tail end, which was slightly less painful than a painful death, but lasted longer. Eoin Colfer
A tourist is a
A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car. Emile Genest
Every photograph that is
Every photograph that is made whether by one who considers himself a professional, or by the tourist who points his snapshot camera and pushes a button, is a response to the exterior world, to something perceived outside himself by the person who operates the camera. Eliot Porter
Even a tourist can
Even a tourist can tell in a Roman street that he is in something and not outside of something as he would be in most cities. In Rome to go out is to go home. Eleanor Clark
We were never organized
We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out of words like tourists on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Put a book down in the kitchen to go to the bathroom and you might return to find it gone, … Read more
Industrial tourism is a
Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and robbing themselves. So long as they are unwilling to crawl out of their cars they will not discover the treasures of the national parks and will never escape the stress … Read more