It's such a pain in the ass to write a book, I can't imagine writing one if I'm not interested in the… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
The teacher who knows the most about a subject isn't necessarily the one who can teach it best. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
There is a lot of comedy in magic, and magic going wrong, and also it is a dramatic subject. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
For after the subject is removed or the eye shut, we still retain an image of the things seen, though more obscure… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
[Europe has] this tradition of self revelation in popular music. We have it here - it's called Country Western Music... I think… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
Clam chowder is one of those subjects, like politics or religion, that can never be discussed lightly. Bring it up even incidentally,… — Louis Pullig De Gouy Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessary for artists to have any formal training in painting or art history, but I do think it's… — Ron Parker Copy Share Image
He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest- for it is a part… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues… — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think I'm attracted to subjects that I'm afraid of. It's a way to approach things I am afraid of, things that… — Denis Villeneuve Copy Share Image
We know by now that if we make technology the predestined force in our lives, man will walk to the measure of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Beaumont specifically pointed out that the cultural elements and idioms regarded as "Egyptian" could not have originated in the land of the… — Michael Tsarion Copy Share Image
Still, there is a basic reticence about his approach that feels refreshing in today's culture of maximum exposure. Brandt did not go… — Sebastian Smee Copy Share Image
Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Webster never goes behind government, and so cannot speak with authority about it. His words are wisdom to those legislators who contemplate… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Nothing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Is it that they think it a duty to be continually talking,' pursued she: 'and so never pause to think, but fill… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
The whole is a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery. Doubt, uncertainty, suspence of judgment appear the only result of ourmost accurate… — David Hume Copy Share Image
These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Most problems, decisions, and performances are multidimensional, but somehow the results have to be reduced to a few key indicators which are… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
In terms of applicability to today's world, many people are trying to domesticate Scripture so as to get the PC answer, the… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image