#subject

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties? ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#criminal #criminal penalties #decision #issue #just

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. ↗

— Quintilian

#contemplation #exercised #matter #mind #moulded

With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#both #characters #engaged #enough #great

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). ↗

— Ayn Rand

#earth #function #individual #individual rights #majorities

I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#contribute #i #just #much #person

Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration. ↗

— David Ricardo

#comparatively #discoveries #discovery #doubt #duration

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. ↗

— Sally Ride

#favorite #i #interested #liked #math

One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book. ↗

— James Franco

#admire #aspect #book #filmmaker #greatly

We would sift through every inch of what it was that worked, or if it didn't, and wonder what was effective in it, in terms of paint, the subject matter, the size, the drawing. ↗

— Helen Frankenthaler

#effective #every #inch #matter #paint

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#dabbling #easily #fact #i #inhibited