#subject

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#freeing #give #mind #never #political

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet. ↗

— Ernest Bramah

#although #cannot #conversation #cripple #elegant

Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions. ↗

— Chick Corea

#art #fact #in fact #inundated #opinions

My approach to my subjects was very simple. I never had them pose, we just talked about everything in the world. ↗

— Jo Davidson

#approach #everything #had #i #just

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#actual #brought #curious #experience #facts

I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#allegations #cabinet #correct #even #i

I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#conversation #hide #i #i am #i am what i am

There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or there are roles that people won't bring to me because they don't think I'll do it. And that is a big strain because an actor wants to act. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#actor #agency #because #big #bring

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject. ↗

— Eliza Haywood

#first #given #know #learning #lessons

For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#changed #chose #civil #course #doing