Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Mark Kurlansky
American journalist and author
Mark Kurlansky is an American journalist and author. He is known for writing both fiction and nonfiction, and for books that reached a wide international readership. His 1997 book Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World became an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages. He also wrote Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea, which won the nonfiction prize for the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
More from Mark Kurlansky (109 quotes) →Other sayings from Mark Kurlansky
- “When I was 13 or 14, I took this speed-reading course. A lot of the things you do in speed reading you should…”Mark Kurlansky
- “I think we are drawn to anti-heroes because that is what most of us are most of the time and it is good to se…”Mark Kurlansky
- “Unlike your fish tank, in nature, fish eat each other. When the population of a species gets too low, it will…”Mark Kurlansky
- “Paper is at the center of so many of the elements of the development of civilization.”Mark Kurlansky
Explore Religion
Explore Leadership
- “I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to k…”Frank Dobson
- “As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his…”Tom Peters
- “A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get do…”Nathaniel Philbrick
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Mark Kurlansky
Salt
2002
COD; A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
1997
The Basque
2006
Big Oyster New York in the World
2006
The Food of a Younger Land
2009