It wasn’t hard for people to see the Titanic as a metaphor … - Steve Turner

" "
It wasn’t hard for people to see the Titanic as a metaphor for Western civilization’s obsessions with speed, wealth, and conquest at the expense of contemplation, sharing and the well-being of one’s neighbor.

Steve Turner

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Steve Turner

Steve Turner is a music journalist, biographer and poet, who grew up in Northamptonshire, England.

All quotes from Steve Turner Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Steve Turner:

Douglas Reeman Stephen Crane Stephen E. Ambrose Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Jules Verne

Additional quotes by Steve Turner

The musicians had played on the deck as the ship went down. They had forfeited their lives for the sake of others. They had played the tunes of hymns to induce a spirit of peace and calm. They were heroic.

When everything on the ship was being turned upside down, the music remained the same. In the midst of mind-jarring abnormality, it was the one thing that retained its familiarity.

The band played marching from deck to deck, and as the ship went under I could still hear the music.

It wasn’t hard for people to see the Titanic as a metaphor for Western civilization’s obsessions with speed, wealth, and conquest at the expense of c… - Steve Turner

About Steve Turner

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Steve Turner

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI