Even Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick “Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'” — Nathaniel Philbrick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Even Grew Hating Read Though Up Word
I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
...I thought how I hate any kind of mob - I hate mobs of sports fans, mobs of environmental demonstrators, I even hate mobs… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there's this 'Moby Dick' element, this Ahab element to them. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
“I held a beautiful leather-bound copy of Moby Dick in one hand and my Moby dick in the other.” — Nick Pageant Copy Share Image
I have the entire dictionary written on my dick. In case you Want me to put some words in your mouth. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Or. I hate that word. It’s two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“A Puritan believed it was necessary to venture back to the absolute beginning of Christianity, before the church had been corrupted by centuries of… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
People think I live here on Nantucket and just gaze at the ocean, getting my inspiration. Not so. I work in my basement and… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“No matter how much the inhabitants might try to hide it, there was a savagery about this island, a bloodlust and pride that bound… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“Living in the here and now, we are awash with sensations of the present, memories of the past, and expectations and fears for the future. Our actions are not determined by any one cause; they are the fulfillment of who we are at that particular moment. After that moment passes, we continue to evolve, to change, and our memories of… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share
“In a letter hastily written to a friend in London, Cushman saw only doom and disaster ahead. “Friend, if ever we make a plantation… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
If you live on Nantucket, you can't avoid its history, and 'Moby Dick' is the way most of us get into Nantucket's history. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“Odd things happen in a battle, and the human heart has strange and gruesome depths and the human brain still stranger shallows;” — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“The sperm whales' network of female-based family unit resembled, to a remarkable extent, the community the whalemen had left back home on Nantucket. In… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
“Melville's example demonstrates the wisdom of waiting to read the classics. Coming to a great book on your own after having accumulated essential life… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
Most of the time, I get around perfectly well on my bike and public transportation, even in spite of the Bay Area's almost comically… — Steve Hilton Copy Share Image
If you're a top 10 guy you should pay a top 10 guy or even a top 5 guy what he deserves, whether it's… — Aljamain Sterling Copy Share Image
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job. — Owen Farrell Copy Share Image
Even after years of observing, a new picture of Uranus from Keck Observatory can stop me in my tracks and make me say, 'Wow!' — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Politics only makes the difficult challenge of marriage even harder, with the demands of the job and the public spotlight it casts on a… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
I love writing fiction and can do it anywhere - I once even missed a flight because I was so engrossed. — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
I really can't live without my In-N-Out burgers. Honestly, I can't. Even when I'm doing the whole no-carb thing occasionally, I make an exception for these. They're too delicious to count. — Nate Berkus Copy Share
Ninety-eight percent of the things that come out of my mouth are intended to be harmless or even charming. They're not ever intended to… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want… — Pete Sessions Copy Share Image
Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich. — Fabiola Gianotti Copy Share Image
