Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryCultureSpaceBookAmerican

One of the reasons why Australia and Canada have support for migration is because they control the numbers.

Michael Gove

SupportControlCanadaAustraliaWhy

The recession of the late 1980s was a very visible humiliation. Cities across Britain had become the victims of botched battlefield surgery - surgery that involved the ripping up of factories, the flattening of buildings, and the razing of the Victorian heritage of heavy labour.

Simon Beaufoy

BuildingsLateHeritageBecomeHeavy

Gender fluidity is not really feeling like you're at one end of the spectrum or the other. For the most part, I definitely don't identify as any gender. I'm not a guy; I don't really feel like a woman, but obviously I was born one. So, I'm somewhere in the middle, which - in my perfect imagination - is like having the best of both sexes.

Ruby Rose

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Sen. McCain isn't someone who strikes you as a particularly dynamic speaker. He doesn't seem to like the formality of giving speeches. He clearly isn't too comfortable reading off a TelePrompter.

Mike Gallagher

ReadingGivingSomeoneYouClearly

From my father, I learnt kindness and how to talk straight.

Mo Ibrahim

KindnessFatherTalkStraightHow

I buy things with the best of intention of living in them and then life intercedes.

Moby

LifeBestIntentionLivingBuyThen

That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace.

Juan Manuel Santos

PeaceWhyMilitaryMayEveryFights

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

Donald Trump

ThinkThinkingYouAnythingBig

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

Bram Stoker

FearI AmMindLadyEasyPlace

So many of today's programs are about trophies and jackets, and we think that's a big mistake.

Bobby Orr

TodayMistakeThinkBigTrophies

I'm still a little certain I'm a wizard.

Shawn Mendes

LittleStillWizardCertain

The Ohio Legislature's passed a law to allow concealed weapons in day care centers, but interesting: this same Legislature, in its wisdom, doesn't allow concealed weapons in the statehouse.

Sherrod Brown

WisdomDayLawCareInteresting

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