Topics Quotes

333 Topics quotes by 285 unique authors

WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency… — Ambrose Bierce
The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics. — Richard Rorty
At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic. — Tabitha Soren
Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic… — Dave Winer
I have written 240 books on a wide variety of topics. . . . Some of it I based on education I received in my… — Isaac Asimov
[My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic -… — Winston Churchill
It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're… — Trey Parker
Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship. — Christie Hefner
I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting. — Curtis Sittenfeld
One of the problems, hanging out with me, is that I can turn any topic into a toxic horror story. I've lost two girlfriends and… — Neal Stephenson
In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar… — George Stigler
Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many… — Samuel Johnson
Bourgeois society, rife with an atomism or monadism of secluded egos, is profoundly uncomfortable with topics of domination just because of the rift between how… — Kenny Smith
When academics claim a topic is obsolete, they mean merely they are tired of flogging it with their cliches. — Kenny Smith
It's tough for parents to talk to children about heavy-weight topics such as peer pressure, drugs and morality if they don't already have a closeness.… — David A. Bednar
There has been failure, particularly with the effort to protect our coast and our marsh. And that was the biggest topic of discussion in a… — Bobby Jindal
The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do your best writing, and then… — Jerry Spinelli
Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have to stop and… — Knut Hamsun
Writing songs about fancying people in dance clubs is all very well but it's not the be-all and end-all. There are other topics. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'. If you think that all… — Ned Sublette
Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be… — Sigmar Gabriel
On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase "Lovely day, isn't it?"… — George Mikes
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water… — Natalie Goldberg
But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in - make the ones… — Ted Nelson
Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting. — Peter R. Orszag

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