Quotes with subject-matter

Quotes 201 till 220 of 700.

  • James Thomson I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?
    James Thomson
    Scottish poet (1700 - 1748)
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  • Gayle Sayers I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.
    Gayle Sayers
     
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  • Bruce Nauman I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.
    Bruce Nauman
    American artist (1941 - )
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  • Charles Dickens I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time...
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Mark Victor Hansen I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
    Mark Victor Hansen
    American motivational speaker and author (1948 - )
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  • Jane Austen I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Asa Gray I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific belief, which have occurred within my own recollection, even since the time when I first aspired to authorship, now forty- five years ago.
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • David Bissonette I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
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  • Napoleon I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Ann Veneman I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we're confident in the safety of the food supply.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Billy Joel I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Audre Lorde I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Mark Victor Hansen I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing difference.
    Mark Victor Hansen
    American motivational speaker and author (1948 - )
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  • Harper Lee I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
    Harper Lee
    American writer (1926 - 2016)
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  • Annie Leibovitz I was scared to do anything in the studio because it felt so claustrophobic. I wanted to be somewhere where things could happen and the subject wasn't just looking back at you.
    Annie Leibovitz
    American portrait photographer (1949 - )
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  • Bubba Watson I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was 12. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are. If you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.
    Bubba Watson
    American professional golfer (1978 - )
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you try to make it a matter of the heart, everything falls away except one's native State; -neither can you seize hold of that, unless you tear it out of the Union, bleeding and quivering.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Booker T. Washington I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
    Source: Up From Slavery (1901)
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Bill Goldberg I'm an active participation guy. No matter how much money you make, no matter how famous you are, you're not above going outside and cutting trees. I do it all the time.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Malcolm X I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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