#subject

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

— William Drummond

#i #metaphysic #more #myself #other

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands. ↗

— Robert Conquest

#everyone #reactionary #subjects #understands

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 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

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

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

#moment #nobody #political #subject #wants

Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand. ↗

— Margaret Bourke-White

#hand #saturate #subject #take #will

I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects. ↗

— Jack L. Chalker

#been #college #colleges #fiction #health