#subject

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#must #realistic #subject #tragedy

One of the things that is wrong with America is that everybody who has done anything at all in his own field is expected to be an authority on every subject under the sun. ↗

— Elmer Davis

#anything #authority #done #every #everybody

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic. ↗

— William Drummond

#i #metaphysic #more #myself #other

People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same. ↗

— Ricky Gervais

#joke #people #rarely #same #subject

Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about. ↗

— William Glasser

#about #allowed #any #asked #being

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

I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#ever #i #made #movie #probably

Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#merely #ministry #office #our #remark

Indeed it is very hard, when we have let the King's subjects have so much of our lands for so little value. ↗

— Joseph Brant

#indeed #king #lands #little #much