Subjects Quotes

2964 Subjects quotes by 1987 unique authors

I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach… — Louise Hay
This mindless tolerance, which places observable scientific facts, subject to proof, on the same level as unprovable supernatural fantasy, has played a major role in… — Susan Jacoby
The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where… — Grover Cleveland
Knowledge is one. Its division into subjects is a concession to human weakness. — Halford Mackinder
Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject. — W. Eugene Smith
Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working in an undeniably subjective way. By his choice of technical approach, by the… — W. Eugene Smith
Today's photographers think differently. Many can't see real light anymore. They think only in terms of strobe - sure, it all looks beautiful but it's… — Alfred Eisenstaedt
Andre Breton once said that a portrait should not only be an image but an oracle one questions, and that the photographer's aim should be… — Bill Brandt
A photographer must be prepared to catch and hold on to those elements which give distinction to the subject or lend it atmosphere. — Bill Brandt
As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching the office wherein it has… — John Knox
Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless...antique shops, clothes, hi-fi, etc. Don't say, don't… — Georges Perec
Today not even a universal fire could make the torrential poetic production of our time disappear. But it is exactly a question of production, that… — Eugenio Montale
I admire David De Gea. I cannot remember anyone coming into Manchester United and being criticised the way he was. He was the subject of every… — Peter Schmeichel
I have been insane on the subject of money-making all my life. — Cornelius Vanderbilt
I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in… — Sam Raimi
Well, I get my subject on Wednesday night; I think it out carefully on Thursday, and make my rough sketch; on Friday morning I begin,… — John Tenniel
And the truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject. — Oscar Zeta Acosta
I have never painted a self-portrait. I am less interested in myself as a subject for a painting than I am in other people, above… — Gustav Klimt
It seemed to a number of philosophers of language, myself included, that we should attempt to achieve a unification of Chomsky's syntax, with the results… — John Searle
No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern… — Roger Penrose
China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one... If one day China should change her color and turn into a… — Deng Xiaoping
We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms… — Helen Frankenthaler
I was concerned with something like the notion of 'language speaking the subject,' and with the transformation of the woman herself into a sign in… — Martha Rosler
And in another point of view, I think it is right that the address of a president should be on his own subject, and that… — Arthur Cayley
But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do my best… — Arthur Cayley

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