At The Captain's Table Quotes

“the books or, even better, one of my films: ‘I’ll take a few questions after the screening.’ The lecturer’s job is not arduous—a couple of hours”
― Hugh Thomson, At The Captain's Table: Life on a Luxury Liner

“As ever, only a small fraction of”
― Hugh Thomson, At The Captain's Table: Life on a Luxury Liner

“To the traditional traveller—let alone travel writer—this might seem absurd. The whole point of travel is to go deep. To spend time in a place, to get under its skin. How can one possibly appreciate what makes a city or a country tick in a bare ten hours”
― Hugh Thomson, At The Captain's Table: Life on a Luxury Liner

“why as a society we are often so cruel or oblivious to the elderly. Why do we find it so easy to make jokes about them, or ignore them? Is it because we fear what they represent: our own ageing and approaching death?”
― Hugh Thomson, At The Captain's Table: Life on a Luxury Liner

“And in a way, what could be more rock and roll than lying around on deck being served caviar and champagne off a surfboard? If Keith Moon had lived long enough, he’d have loved it. Although come to that, he might have tried to push the mini-golf buggy into the pool.”
― Hugh Thomson, At The Captain's Table: Life on a Luxury Liner