Another Great Day at Sea Quotes

“Nine times out of 10, the most charming thing to say in any given situation will be the exact opposite of what one really feels.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“It's striking how many of the world's biggest problems, and many of the small ones too. are eliminated by the simplest of solutions – having women around.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“I’ve always been intimidated by gyms, have never been able to enjoy the towel-round-the-shoulder confidence of somebody who knows he can bench-press 250 pounds, or even knows what that means or how much 250 pounds weighs. I just know I don’t like lifting heavy things, especially since I had this wrist injury which stopped me playing tennis and which means that I’ve gone from being fit and thin-looking to just a feeble streak of unshouldered manhood whose only saving grace is that he doesn’t take up much space, who leaves plenty of room for others—especially now that I was several days into a quasi-hunger strike.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“He was the subject of a little respectful ribbing. But he was, of course, the captain, which meant he had to do lots of the ribbing himself.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable superlative.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush

“although I was as zealous in my anti-faith as Paul was in his belief I would be lying if I did not confess to a slight chink in my armour of nonbelief.”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

“metonymy into dinner-party chat back at London beach. I”
― Geoff Dyer, Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush