#topics

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#biased #difficult #even #interest #moderation

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost. ↗

— Felix Adler

#assembly #consideration #contentions #custom #exalted

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective. ↗

— Dave Barry

#extremely #how #journalists #know #little

Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and good roads, and clean streets and public parks and playgrounds. ↗

— Marjory Stoneman Douglas

#child #clean #cover #good #ought

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#certain #communicating #difficulty #had #me

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#american #american people #care #i #i think

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years. ↗

— David Chalmers

#been #cognitive #consciousness #had #i

There are no taboos. Every topic is open, however shocking. It is the way that the topics are handled that's important, and that applies whether it is a 15-year-old who is reading your book or someone who is 55. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#book #every #handled #however #important

You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go. ↗

— Katie Couric

#get-go #got #had #know #light

Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#during #engine #eu #europe #important