#subject

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#closely #comes #finnish #form #interest

I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on. ↗

— Don Henley

#between #certain #ecology #focus #i

Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#beat #believe #could #death #elderly

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#knocks #other #out #real #somebody

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. ↗

— Horace

#capable #carefully #choose #equal #may

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#best way #bringing #discovered #generation #home

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have written them better: but, as I have written them, the advantage will probably remain mine. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#best #better #chance #francis #happy

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. ↗

— David Hume

#always #commodities #condition #easy #every

I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often. ↗

— Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

#i #i think #mean #often #pretty

I know for me the subject of how to be in a relationship is precious and complicated and challenging. ↗

— Helen Hunt

#complicated #how #i #know #me