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 Copy Share Image
“The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower your class. ” — Paul Fussell Copy Share
Exploration belongs to the Renaissance, travel to the bourgeois age, tourism to our proletarian moment. — Paul Fussell Copy Share
Tourism requires that you see conventional things, and that you see them in a conventional way. — Paul Fussell Copy Share
Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in… — Paul Fussell Copy Share
The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others. — Paul Fussell Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Anyone telling about his travels must be a liar, . . . for if a traveler doesn't visit his narrative with the spirit and… — Paul Fussell Copy Share
The more violent the body contact of the sports you watch, the lower the class. — Paul Fussell Copy Share
Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon. — Paul Fussell Copy Share
All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel — Paul Fussell Copy Share
Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present. It requires feeling its own pressure on your pulses without any ex post… — Paul Fussell Copy Share
Those who fought know a secret about themselves, and it is not very nice. They have experienced secretly and privately their natural human impulse… — Paul Fussell Copy Share
“Another reason is that the letters are almost always funny, offering readers the spectacle of some pompous self-celebrator given ample ironic room in which… — Paul Fussell Copy Share
