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Excursion Quotes: Short Journeys, Big Ideas

Every excursion teaches something

These excursion quotes treat learning itself as an Adventure, describing it as a guided tour through the minds of the wise and the noble.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

Quotes by Taylor Caldwell

'Girls Go Wild' was born out of a Joshua Tree excursion with some close friends after coming home from a long bit of touring.

Quotes by LP

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Quotes by Franz Grillparzer

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Quotes by Eudora Welty

Adventure Quotes

I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral...

Quotes by Elizabeth Wurtzel

'Xen,' to me, was a necessary excursion inward, into myself. 'Mutant' is a response to it and is more extroverted.

Quotes by Arca

Frequently Asked Questions

How do these quotes describe the value of learning?
One quote treats learning as the biggest adventure a person can have, picturing it as a guided tour through the thinking of history's wisest and most educated minds.
What inspired the project called 'Girls Go Wild'?
According to one quote, the idea grew out of a getaway to Joshua Tree with a few close friends, taken right after wrapping up a long stretch on the road.
What's the difference between a journey and an excursion, according to these quotes?
One quote draws a sharp line: a journey's purpose is reaching its goal, while an excursion's purpose is the process itself, a distinction compared to how Art and poetry differ from prose.
Do these quotes treat excursions as only physical trips?
No, one quote extends the idea to emotion, saying the excursion is the same whether you're looking for sorrow or for joy, framing feelings themselves as journeys worth taking.
Is there a common thread across these excursion quotes?
Yes, each treats the excursion as valuable in itself, not just as a means to an end, whether the destination is knowledge, a memory with friends, or a feeling.

Others compare the process to Art, contrasting the fixed goal of a journey with the open-ended wandering of an excursion.