I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute on;
but I wish that I could get away
And go home to the village of Bruton. – William Cowper
Every now and then go away and have a little relaxation. To remain constantly at work will diminish your judgment. Go some distance away, because work will be in perspective and a lack of harmony is more readily seen. – Leonardo DaVinci
The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be ones appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship. – Amelia Earhart
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymens miseries is to go and look at their pleasures. – George Eliot
A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. – Morris Fishbein
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life, that we give to the question of what to do with two weeks vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently. – Ernest Hemingway
No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. – Elbert Hubbard
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work. – Elbert Hubbard
If some people didnt tell you, youd never know theyd been away on a vacation. – Kin Hubbard
It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities. – Shirley Jackson
Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return. – Samuel Johnson
If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. – Samuel Johnson
Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities. – Michel de Montaigne
Fact: Girls who are having a good sex thing stay in New York. The rest want to spend their summer vacations in Europe. – Gail Parent
