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117 Tourist quotes by 104 unique authors

To be a mass tourist, for me,...is, in lines and gridlock and transaction after transaction, to confront a dimension of yourself that is as inescapable… — David Foster Wallace
The other day I went to a tourist information booth and asked, 'Tell me about some of the people who were here last year. — Steven Wright
[A]nother important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with… — Paul Bowles
Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans… — Leon Uris
Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot. — Terry Pratchett
You've always been a tourist here. You just didn't know it. — Khaled Hosseini
To be a tourist is to escape accountability. — Don DeLillo
...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… — Eoin Colfer
David Attenborough has said that Bali is the most beautiful place in the world, but he must have been there longer than we were, and… — Douglas Adams
The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist. — Guillermo del Toro
They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist attractions. But when… — Max Brooks
Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist. — Evelyn Waugh
Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler — Ira Levin
and because what we learn in the dark remains all our lives, a noise like the sea, displacing the day's pale knowledge, you'll come to… — John Burnside
The human mind is a fearful instrument of adaptation, and in nothing is this more clearly shown than in its mysterious powers of resilience, self-protection,… — Thomas Wolfe
When is the last time you were a tourist?” she asked archly. He just looked at her. Charles, she had to agree, was not tourist… — Patricia Briggs
Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very… — Tahir Shah
I had dreamed of something so different from what reality was now offering up, but that dream had been a blind man's vision. That dream… — Bret Easton Ellis
Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler belonging no more to one place than… — Paul Bowles
It's time now to rent a car, roll down the windows and prepare for your first big thrill: the freeways. They're so much fun they… — John Waters
In an instant he became aware that the tourist was about to try his own peculiar brand of linguistics, which meant that he would speak… — Terry Pratchett
My version of an Irish exit has an air of deception to it, because it includes my asking loudly, “Where’s the bathroom?” and making theatrical… — Mindy Kaling
The modern American tourist now fills his experience with pseudo-events. He has come to expect both more strangeness and more familiarity than the world naturally… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness… — Max Lerner
Modern tourist guides have helped raised tourist expectations. And they have provided the natives- from Kaiser Wilhelm down to the villagers of Chichacestenango - with… — Daniel J. Boorstin

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