Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

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

Nathaniel Philbrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 11, 1956

Topics

HistoryConnectionsLiteratureAlways

My daughter, the one who lives nearby, is raising her children to be very much aware. We went on a nature walk on Monday; I'm learning so much from her.

Joanne Woodward

NatureLearningDaughterChildren

War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

LoveWarDifficultThanScenesLess

There's really nobody who taught me how to dress.

Ski Mask the Slump God

DressMeNobodyWhoHowTaught

As CEO of Aetna, I was a buyer of portfolio companies rather than a participant in the value creation process. From the end of the assembly line, what happened in manufacturing wasn't visible to me.

Ron Williams

ValueMeProcessEndCreationLine

When you love someone, you don't try to change them.

Michelle Yeoh

LoveChangeSomeoneYouTryThem

Comedy, in my opinion, is best when it's in the gray, and you're kind of pushing people's thoughts that they sort of had but never vocalized. And I think a joke is not good if someone says something, and immediately people are clapping because they're like, 'Yes! That is how I feel as well!'

Michelle Wolf

GoodBestPeopleThoughtsOpinion

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not.

Joseph Butler

NatureImperfectionStandNeedShow

After almost half a billion dollars spent on the computer registration system for Obamacare, the website coughed, sputtered, and appeared to descend into an immediate coma as millions tried to log on. One reason is that the Obama administration never fully tested it.

Jonathan Turley

WebsiteNeverReasonSystemHalf

What I find most interesting about the U.S. is this idea of equality. That's what I'm trying to do with immigration. If what the founding fathers said is true, that we are all equal, then let's fight for that.

Jorge Ramos

FightEqualityInterestingTrying

Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

Bob Marley

WisdomSoulGoldWorldBetterLose

It is indeed specially characteristic of the passion of love that it has the faculty of giving a perpetual flow to the interchange of sentiments and reflections in conversation.

William Godwin

LovePassionGivingConversation

I think any man who lets a woman pick what he should wear... I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere as a man. I see these guys, 'My wife told me to wear this!' And I just shake my head.

Tom Brady

WifeWomanManMeThinkYou

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