Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless.
The truth is an objective standard by which reality is measured; it's God's point of view on any subject.
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue.
A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages.
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar.
We knew that bringing a level of entertainment value to the subject of history was the key to our success.
Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually.
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.
There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
I have always got my computer or phone nearby so that I can find out extra details about a certain subject.
Because, when it comes to restoring the rule of law, I can't change my mind and I won't change the subject.
The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.
It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening.
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.
When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.
I hope they make a show like M*A*S*H, which dealt with a lot of difficult subject matter but was very funny.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
I go through phases of watching a ton of dance/performance, and I am bizarrely well-informed on the subject.
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.
Most of us, when we go out with a camera in our own country, try to find exotic subject matter to photograph.
I want the subject to be in control. Because they will give me something I couldn't possibly know about them.
It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.
I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.
I try to find a subject that is interesting to me and to the viewer both. If I can't, then I stop right there.
Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.
A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.
What you need to have is that link between your education and what you do. Make creativity part of the subject.
The particle and the planet are subject to the same laws and what is learned of one will be known of the other.
Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.
It's always interesting when you play a part and then suddenly people think you're an authority on the subject.
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.
Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?
For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved.
I have a file of four million jokes... I have them cross-indexed. Whatever subject you want, I have a joke on it.
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the fluff words.
In Australia, even the darkest subject matter has a little pinch of humor. A little sweet to make the sour go down.
I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
Funny and sad are two sides of the same coin. I think that most comedians are able to tap into deep subject matter.
I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.
We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.
My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.
I'm slightly obsessed with Moomins. They were my specialist subject on BBC's 'Celebrity Mastermind' a few years ago!
The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.
Attention to any subject will in a short time render it attractive, be it ever so disagreeable and tedious at first.