"It is usually expensive and lonely to be…" — Paul Theroux

"It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled."

— Paul Theroux

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148 Quotes by Paul Theroux

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It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his…
Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.
The traveler's boast, sometimes couched as a complaint, is that of having been an eyewitness, and invariably this experience -…
The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind…
Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and…
They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.
The lust of the eye. The best photographs were, to me, like an experience of drowning.
In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.
Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.
The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the…
My greatest inspiration is memory.
Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors…

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If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's… — David Bailey
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin
I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China,… — Antonio Banderas
I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save. — Tyra Banks
A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. — Joey Adams
Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. — Ambrose Bierce
The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. — Arthur Bloch
These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the… — Michael Bloomberg
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. — Derek Bok
The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a… — Josh Brolin
Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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