Quotes of: Subject-matter Keyword

Well, there was a sort of bastard justice in his view of the case, and so I dropped the matter. When you can't cure a disaster by argument, what is the use to argue?

Mark Twain

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

Mark Twain

She couldn't tell exactly where the words came from. What mattered was that they reached her. They arrived and kneeled next to her bed.

Markus Zusak The Book Thief

As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think.

Nick Carter

Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live.

Nick Clooney

I keep a vivid memory of failure in my back pocket, so no matter how much I accomplish I stay grounded.

Noel DeJesus

An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter.

Noah Feldman

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

Nikki Giovanni

The one mentality I've always tried to have is that no matter what stage in your career that you are in as a musician or a performer or a songwriter or whatever, there's always more to learn.

Nick Jonas

You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous and tyrannical; the page is made of time and matter; the page always wins.

Annie Dillard

No matter what fabulous place I visit, I don't feel like I'm on vacation unless I'm dehydrated and covered with sunscreen.

Chelsea Cain

No matter what you write, you actually can't help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way.

Catherynne M. Valente

I really do see that anywhere I am, whether it's doing interviews a hundred in a row, that every situation I'm in, I'm at choice in the matter.

Alanis Morissette

Effective stream-of-consciousness narration is the product of verbal precision, not just of literal documentation. It is decidedly not a matter of unedited free-association.

Albert Murray

Thing, body, matter, are nothing apart from the combinations of the elements, - the colours, sounds, and so forth - nothing apart from their so-called attributes.

Ernst Mach

I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.

Dana Rohrabacher

But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.

Ferdinand Lassalle

Believe nothing, no matter who said it, even if I said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense

Buda

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.

Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.

Malcolm Mclaren