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Before you shoot an irresistible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record. — Andreas Feininger

No subject is unsuitable for comedy. — Peter Baynham

If there be a single law governing the actions of men, freewill cannot exist, for man's will would be subject to that law. — Leo Tolstoy

Ws 1:4 For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins. — Various

As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my folks. — Alice Walker

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. — Lynda Barry

It's time for women to make their voices heard. Their silence on the subject of war and peace is deafening. — Helen Thomas

We declare, say , define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff. — Pope Boniface VIII

But I don't think we shall quarrel about a word - the subject of our inquiry is too important for that. — Plato

He'd shut the door on the subject of loss, thrown all the bolts, and shoved a heavy table up against it for good measure. — Cecilia Grant

I write scripts by myself. It's not for everybody. It's someone's personal work. I need to be in love with the subject. — Jean-Pierre Jeunet

I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair. — Fatty Arbuckle

And so, at last, I come to the one firm conviction that I mentioned at the beginning: it is that the subject is too new for final judgments. — William Zinsser

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture. — Diane Arbus

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project. — Tamra Davis

He supposed he was not a sufficiently dignified person for suicide.Peaceful death abhorred him as a subject and would not take him. — Thomas Hardy

Every subject at some phase of its development should possess, what is for the individual concerned with it, an aesthetic quality. — John Dewey

I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar. — Peter Riegert

For me, the way to approach a subject such as Vietnam is through storytelling. — Tim O'Brien

To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat. — Peter Sellers

Detroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse. — Joyce Carol Oates

For me, the human face is the most important subject of the cinema. — Ingmar Bergman

Young men are supposed to think themselves immortal, but the subject is not very often out of my mind for a long time together. — C.S. Lewis

subject for discussion. What terrible messes we get ourselves into when we are silly enough to fall in love, — Sara Donati

An enactment for the favour and liberty of the subject ought to have a liberal construction. — William Henry Maule

I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require. — Garry Wills

Yes, one day perhaps the leading intellects of Russia and of Europe will study the psychology of Russian crime, for the subject is worth it. But — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work. — Thorstein Veblen

Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual. — Edward Weston

The principle of building an economy without foreign monopoly capital has become a principle which, for us, is no longer subject to amendment. — Sukarno

If you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it. — Ethel Smyth

I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority — Henrik Ibsen

When we mistake words for reality, we are subject to the tyranny of words. — Taitetsu Unno

I think the important decision for a photographer is to choose a subject that intensely interests him or her. — Berenice Abbott

If you consider this subject unnecessary for Christians, then please quit the field; you and I have nothing in common, for I consider it vital. — Martin Luther

Truth in my love for the subject will produce superior results. — Robert Toth

My idea of an educated person is one who can converse on one subject for more than two minutes. — Robert Andrews Millikan

Paris strikes the vulgar part of us infinitely the most, but to a thinking mind London is incomparably the most delightful subject for contemplation. — Samuel Rogers

Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject. — Thomas Paine

'Fecundity' is an ugly word for an ugly subject. It is ugly, at least, in the eggy animal world. I don't think it is for plants. — Annie Dillard

It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life. — LeRoy Neiman

I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun for me as a writer. — Susan Orlean

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before, — Carl Sagan

Once form has been smashed, it has been smashed for good, and once a forbidden subject has been released, it has been released for good. — Louise Bogan

I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold. — Diane Arbus

An eagerness and zeal for dispute on every subject, and with every one, shows great self-sufficiency, that never-failing sign of great self-ignorance. — William Pitt, 1st Earl Of Chatham

The United States is my subject, but as Hawthorne once wrote, "the United States are suited for many admirable purposes, but not to live in." — Gore Vidal

Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God. — Abu Bakr

Nostalgia is a very complicated subject for me. I'm attracted by nostalgia but I refuse it intellectually. — Miuccia Prada

Food is a very sensitive subject for so many people. — Suzy Amis

The Greek word for idiot, literally translated, means one who does not participate in politics. That sums up my conviction on the subject. — Gladys Pyle

Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought. — William Feather

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The search for a meaningful painting subject is a search for ourselves. — Robert Reynolds

If you could eavesdrop on everything said about you, you'd spend most of your time waiting for the subject to come up. — Robert Breault

that the countries that attack America for being too money-oriented are always the first to beg us for loans." It was the subject on which she and — Sidney Sheldon

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it. — Abbas Kiarostami

In the consciousness of the infinite, the conscious subject has for his object the infinity of his own nature. — Ludwig Feuerbach

The subject gives you the best idea of how to make a photograph. So I just wait for something to happen. — Mary Ellen Mark

Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare! — Cynthia Ozick

The junior high I attended also required students to change classrooms for each subject, which was unlike Australia — Nick Vujicic

Haute couture is a legitimate subject for Yves Saint Laurent and could resume one day. — Hedi Slimane

My favorite subject was recess. Fortunately for me, I had a mother who believed I was smart. — Ben Carson

Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self. — Barbara Walters

My decision (for Christ) was not so important. I was the object rather than the subject in this affair. I was decided upon. — C.S. Lewis

There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations — Alfred North Whitehead

For someone who made such an enormous contribution to American literature, Mark Twain has been the subject of many books but few major biographies. — Michael Patrick Hearn

Imagination is pure potentiality for creation. We shouldn't submit it to the hourly wages we subject our time at work. — Carlos Roche

As for the subject matter in my painting ... it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me. — William Baziotes

A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit. — Wayne Dyer

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out. — Gian Carlo Menotti

The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. — Michael Korda

Why is joy not considered a fit subject for an artist? — Eugene Manlove Rhodes

A professor is one who can speak on any subject - for precisely fifty minutes. — Norbert Wiener

Just because you're looking for the one, doesn't mean that you have to subject yourself to every single lousy date you're set on. — Claire Contreras

A statue of the book thief stood in the courtyard ... it's very rare, don't you think, for a statue to appear before it's subject has become famous? — Markus Zusak

Intellectual despair is a subject for comedy. — Marty Rubin

It is dangerous to mention any subject having high emotional content without hastily saying where you are for or agin it. — Darrell Huff

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best. — Anatole France

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible. — George Herbert

A genuine scientist would love the subject for itself; I think I love science for the stories that are told about it. — Philip Pullman

As is natural for an academic, when I want to learn about something, I volunteer to teach a course on the subject. — Steven Weinberg

Nothing is too small a subject for prayer, because nothing is too small to be the subject of God's care. — Henry Thomas Hamblin

There's arrogance for you. I think all artists insert themselves into their subject matter. — Sophie Blackall

Ignorance breeds fear; the more you learn about your subject, the less fear it holds for you. — Brian Tracy

Unless a subject interests me, I'll pass it over and save my film for better things. — Andreas Feininger

I've got life for a subject because as life starts to drain away, you start seeing very clearly what life is, for the first time. — Clive James

I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject. — William Zinsser

I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about. — Chris Crutcher

A portrait is like an ornamental headstone. It is not for the subject, but for those who look upon it. For those you want to remember. — Julie Klassen

A photographer must always work with the greatest respect for his subject and in terms of his own point of view. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject. — Robert Breault

I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths. — Shakira

I have also figured out that for many people death is a difficult subject, not at all as simple as it is for me. — Maija Haavisto

I work on a political subject quite often, and the paintings, for me, are not finished until they're printed. — Erro

Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think. — Luther Burbank

Morality did not keep well; it required stable conditions; it was costly; it was subject to variations, and the market for it was uncertain. — Mary McCarthy

We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction. — Elisabeth Elliot

This is the end of this subject for me for a long time. — Bill Belichick

Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards