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1 " As I repeatedly went forth with him and began to understand the ignorance and contradictions and language difficulties with which he contended, and the doubtful sources of his information and the seemingly bottomless history and darkness out of which the dishes of New York emerge, the deeper grew my suspicion that his work finally consisted of minting or perpetuating and in any event circulating misconceptions about his subject and in this way adding to the endless perplexity of the world. "
― Joseph O'Neill , Netherland
2 " You will love and admire the One who is honest and blunt in his views, as long as you're not his subject of viewpoint! "
3 " I am reminded of that irregular preacher at home who was accused of wandering from his subject. He replied that, whether he stuck to his subject or not, he thanked God that he stuck to his object, which was to bring men to Christ. I hope I shall never lose sight of that. "
4 " If a philosophical writer cannot be followed, the difficulty of his subject can be placed only in mitigation of his offense, not in condonation of it. There are too many expert witnesses on the other side. "
― William Zinsser
5 " That economics has a considerable conceptual apparatus with an appropriate terminology can not be a serious ground for complaint. Economic phenomena, ideas, instruments of analysis exist. They require names. Education in economics is, in considerable measure, an introduction to this terminology and to the ideas that it denotes. Anyone who has difficulties with the ideas should complete his education or, following an exceedingly well-beaten path, leave the subject alone. It is sometimes said that the economist has a special obligation to make himself understood because his subject is of such great and popular importance. By this rule the nuclear physicist would have to speak in monosyllables. "
― John Kenneth Galbraith , Economics, Peace and Laughter
6 " The author perceptively outlines what might be an underrated aspect of his subject and of many others whose public achievements are of note – a " gift for friendship" . McCullough says Adams, despite his towering intellect and curmudgeonly demeanor, had a soft heart for other people and a genuine interest in their particulars. "
7 " An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them. "
8 " We must grant the artist his subject his idea his donnee: Our criticisms apply only to what he makes of it. "
9 " A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health. "
10 " The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God. "
11 " The late Tom Wicker's biography of Nixon, called 'One of Us,' is really quite good: you see the biographer discovering dimensions of sympathy for his subject that he hadn't expected to feel. "
