If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.


As quoted in Good Advice (1982) by William Safire and Leonard Safir. Original appearance in Holiday magazine, March 1956, pp. 40-51.

James A. Michener Quotes

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.