One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
Too little is it considered, while we gaze on aristocratic beauty, how much good food, soft lying, warm wrapping, ease of mind, have to do with the attractions which command our admiration.
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.