Subjects Quotes

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If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story; if… — William James
The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter. — Nel Noddings
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
My mother and my father were illiterate immigrants from Russia. When I was a child they were constantly amazed that I could go to a… — Kirk Douglas
Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown in population, technology… — Paul MacCready
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will still blind him… — Arthur Koestler
The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up… — Abraham Lincoln
The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact. — George Orwell
The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. — Marcus Aurelius
If you want war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject... — William Graham Sumner
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
The workmanship was better than the subject matter. — Unknown Author
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys… — Darrell Royal
In cases in which the related previous personality had committed suicide, the subject has shown an inclination to contemplate and threaten suicide. — Ian Stevenson
It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself...… — Thomas Aquinas
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie all the capitals… — Winston Churchill
If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject. — Mignon McLaughlin
It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of… — Frederick The Great
It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of… — Frederick The Great
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount… — George S. Patton

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