Quotes by Éric Weiner

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Common Themes

genius happiness ideas creativity travel status-quo disruption god america originality rejection argument intersection relationship spaces ecology einstein polar-bears demands ethnic-restaurants history location provoke street-festivals failure idiot chance technology unintended-consequences bananas

“Rule number one: wear loose clothing. No Problem. Rule number two: no alcohol for the next three days. Slight problem. I'll miss my evening glass of wine but figure I can go for three days without ...”
— Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
humor travel

“In other words, where we are is vital to who we are.”
— Éric Weiner
existentialism happiness inspirational travel

“Perhaps it's true you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fateful decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, ar...”
— Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
happiness love travel

“Too often when we say we feel joyful, we’re really feeling manic. There is a frenetic nature to our joy, a whiff of panic; we’re afraid the moment might end abruptly. But then there are other momen...”
— Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
happiness travel

“The act of underlining always contains an element of self-recognition.”
— Eric Weiner, Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
books self

“a simple question to identify your true home: where do you want to die?”
— Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
america

“what doesn't kill you not only make you stronger, but also more honest.”
— Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
america

“As I railed on and on, I became increasingly energied and excited by my own misery and misanthropy until I reached a kind of orgasm of negativity.'... The Brits don't merely enjoy misery, they get ...”
— Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
british misery moaning