"To my mind, an adventure is something a……" — Nathaniel Philbrick
"To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes."
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14 Quotes by Nathaniel Philbrick
Nathaniel Philbrick has 14 quotes on this site.
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Something like going to get the newspaper can increase your writing efficiency by taking you away from the material. When…
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People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work…
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Enthusiasm is big. When I write a book, it's a three-year commitment. Toward the end, I'm writing seven days a…
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As Herman Melville wrote of that seagoing monster of a man Captain Ahab, “All mortal greatness is but disease.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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Whaling was the oil business of its day.
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In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the…
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As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.
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As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.
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You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.
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In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the…
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For me, the hardest thing in the world is how to start a book.
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
— Aristophanes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
— Neil Armstrong
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
— David Attenborough
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
— James M. Barrie
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
— Mary Ritter Beard
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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