Top 31 Quotes by Nathaniel Philbrick

About Nathaniel Philbrick

These are some quotes by American author Nathaniel Philbrick Author, who was born in 1956.

To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.

To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Whaling was the oil business of its day.

Whaling was the oil business of its day.

Nathaniel Philbrick

For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to start a book.

For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to start a book.

Nathaniel Philbrick

As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

Nathaniel Philbrick

Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.

Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.

Nathaniel Philbrick

For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.

Nathaniel Philbrick

I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun is just to watch a lot of bad TV. That's how I relax and stay in touch with modern culture.

I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun is just to watch a lot of bad TV. That's how I relax and stay in touch with modern culture.

Nathaniel Philbrick

In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity.

In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity.

Nathaniel Philbrick

A survival tale peels away the niceties and comforts of civilization. Suddenly, all the technology and education in the world means nothing. I think all of us wonder while reading a survival tale, 'What would I have done in this situation? Would I have made it?'

Nathaniel Philbrick

Instead of being a page-turner, 'Moby-Dick' is a repository of American history and culture and the essentials of Western literature. The book is so encyclopedic that space aliens could use it to re-create the whale fishery as it once existed on the planet Earth in the midst of the 19th century.

Nathaniel Philbrick

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