The subject’s pulse increased on contact,” he said. “Don’t write that.
I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to me, and I don't read it. I think I'm a realist, with a realistic sensibility of history and the tragedy of history.
The prosecution [of impeachments], will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust, and they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself.
I knew a lot about what I did when I was 20. I had read a lot, and I aspired to learn everything I could about the subject.
Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.
That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.
I'm interested in seeing films that confront me with new things, with films that make me question myself, with films that help me to reflect on subjects that I hadn't thought about before, films that help me progress and advance.
The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.
Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.
Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.
My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.
I know for me the subject of how to be in a relationship is precious and complicated and challenging.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
There is room for words on subjects other than last words.
Race seems to me to be less and less a subject worth discussing.
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.