Yet enthusiasm is no excuse for the historian going off balance. He should remind the reader that outcomes were neither inevitable nor… — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
There is no need to subject people in capitalism to additional suffering; the point is to get them to recognize that the… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
A simple caricature, a simple sketch - that's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. But if you draw up a caricature... if… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I'd love to meet Flannery O'Connor. I think I'd be content to hear her speak on any subject. What forces shaped her.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Several people, not just reviewers, took me to task for writing about what they called the working classes - something I've been… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
When dealing with a subject who is dead, you have this feeling of being God. You know who they're going to marry,… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more… — Ernst Haas Copy Share Image
Wine to me is something that brings people together. Wine does promote conversation and promote civility, but it's also fascinating. It's the… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
It's always a tough call deciding whether, as a scientist, you should argue publicly with the creationists. It's a dilemma that I… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation. I keep the subject constantly before me and wait 'til the first dawnings open… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
Vladimir Nabokov on 'Bleak House' or Henry James on 'The House of the Seven Gables' prove that reading can be an exciting… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
Yahoo! had a choice. It chose to provide an e-mail service hosted on servers based inside China, making itself subject to Chinese… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The word 'ranting' is kind of overused now. Literally, if you just talk about a subject for 30 seconds or more, even… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I've been fascinated with the subject of loss for a long time. In particular, I'm interested in how people, consciously or unconsciously,… — Jill Davis Copy Share Image
As an artist, I am here to get involved in meaningful films. But that does not mean only films like 'Arabikkadha' should… — Sreenivasan Copy Share Image
What do I want to express? The subject means little. The arrangement, the design, colour, shape, depth, light, space, mood, movement, balance,… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Our subliminal mental processes operate outside awareness because they arise in these portions of our mind that are inaccessible to our conscious… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
I don't really think about a visual aspect to the work at all; I just think about making the piece. And everything… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
The varying modes of flight exhibited by our diurnal birds of prey have always been to me a subject of great interest,… — John James Audubon Copy Share Image
I liked science very much. A science teacher in high school inspired me, and because of him, I began studying science at… — Theo Jansen Copy Share Image
For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
Pretty much everything that I pick, when it comes to choosing roles, is just based on things and materials that grabs me.… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
People often ask me why I persisted in doing research on a subject that was so controversial. I frequently respond by telling… — Stanley B. Prusiner Copy Share Image
We are also assisting the refugees who have fled across the border to Chad. As many of them have been subject to… — Jan Egeland Copy Share Image
We know India is very focussed on black money; it is a very high-focus subject and we have been very careful to… — Lee Hsien Loong Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
When you're an expert in a subject, you can retain new factoids on your favorite topic easily. This only works for the… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
As everyone knows, there is only one way to fry chicken correctly. Unfortunately, most people think their method is best, but most… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Brands' products should be the manifestation of a company's values. Those values should be the subject of all sorts of wonderful stories… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
English was great because I could just write my opinion, and that was good enough. I was terrible in Math, even though… — Ian Harding Copy Share Image
The President then proceeded to read his Emancipation Proclamation, making remarks on the several parts as he went on, and showing that… — Salmon P. Chase Copy Share Image
Our bodies are the subject of many experiments, but these experiments on the space station sometimes take years because in order for… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I'm no online whiz, but I'm not a Luddite, either. I love that we have these laptops and tablets and smart phones;… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I don't think that my art isn't serious. I think the subjects are not serious, or my treatments of the subjects are… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
My big subject as a historian is how Americans divide themselves. What are the divisions that structure our political lives. Richard Nixon… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
If when we are taught English we are just taught the rules of grammar, it would take all our love of our… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
