Subject Quotes

2685 Subject quotes by 1904 unique authors

I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of… — Edmund Burke
But, you may ask, if the two departments [i.e., federal and state] should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire… — Thomas Jefferson
The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration… — Thomas Jefferson
Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine; nor… — Thomas Jefferson
It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my… — Yousuf Karsh
My early childhood equipped me really well for my portrait work: The quick encounter, where you are not going to know the subject for very… — Annie Leibovitz
I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start with your friends… — Annie Leibovitz
While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at… — Minor White
Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never… — Kurt Vonnegut
Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe:… — James Madison
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it. — Ida Tarbell
The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class had all to gain and nothing… — Eugene V. Debs
Africans… their tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this experience he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and transformation can take… — Viola Spolin
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction,… — Hannah Arendt
What is the subject of our thought? Experience! Nothing else! — Hannah Arendt
No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Kurt Godel's achievement in modern logic is singular and monumental - indeed it is more than a monument, it is a landmark which will remain… — John von Neumann
In considering any new subject, there is frequently a tendency, first, to overrate what we find to be already interesting or remarkable; and, secondly, by… — Ada Lovelace
Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of… — Piet Mondrian
We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. — Mark Rothko
I believe that if a child has a feel for writing and wants to write, there is an audience. Children should just dive in and… — Jean Craighead George
There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations — Alfred North Whitehead
Many a scientist has patiently designed experiments for the purpose of substantiating his belief that animal operations are motivated by no purposes. He has perhaps… — Alfred North Whitehead

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