Books Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Foreignness is intrinsically stimulating. Like a good game of bridge, the condition of being foreign engages the mind constantly without ever tiring it.”… …“But…

— Being foreign: The others-the Economist

[London] is sentimental and tolerant. The attitude to foreigners is like the attitude to dogs: Dogs are neither human nor British, but so long…

— V. S. Pritchett

Some travelers think they want to go to foreign places but are dismayed when the places turn out actually to be foreign.

— Margaret Atwood

The diversity of perspective, the unwillingness to generalise - those are good traits in countries as they are in art.

— Michelle Dean

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

abroad it is our habit to regard all other travelers in the light of personal and unpardonable grievances. They are intruders into our chosen…

— Agnes Repplier

In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to…

— Vladimir Putin

“Class was what formed you, but didn’t travel to other cultures – it became invisible abroad. In foreign places, you were singled out by…

— Amit Chaudhuri

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

— Mark Twain

History shows that it is not only senseless and cruel, but also difficult to state who is a foreigner.

— Claudio Magris

It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.

— V. S. Pritchett