“I shut the front door upon Christ and Einstein, and at the back door hold out a welcoming hand to little frogs and periwinkles. I believe nothing of my own that I have ever written. I cannot accept that the products of minds are subject-matter for beliefs.” MindBelieveLittlesMatterHandsBeliefI BelieveChristMy OwnAcceptingWrittenDoorsSubjectsFrontsProductsWelcomeFrogsSubject MatterFront DoorsBack DoorsPeriwinkle Book:Lo! Source: Lo!
“The essence and foundation of House of Commons debating is formal conversation. The set speech, the harangue addressed to constituents, or to the wider public out of doors, has never succeeded much in our small wisely-built chamber. To do any good you have got to get down to grips with the subject and in human touch with the audience.” HumansHouseAudienceDoorsSubjectsConversationSpeechBuiltEssenceFoundationFormalChamberConstituentsHouse Of Commons Book:Great Contemporaries Source: Great Contemporaries
“It is the great beauty of our science, chemistry, that advancement in it, whether in a degree great or small, instead of exhausting the subjects of research, opens the doors to further and more abundant knowledge, overflowing with beauty and utility.” DoorsSubjectsDegreesResearchChemistryAdvancementUtilityExhausting Book:Experimental Researches in Electricity: Series 1-14 [Phil. trans., 1831-38] 1839 Source: Experimental Researches in Electricity: Series 1-14 [Phil. trans., 1831-38] 1839
“Still photographs often differ from life more by their silence than by the immobility of their subjects. Landscape pictures tend to converge with life, however, on summer nights, when the sounds outside, after we call in children and close garage doors, are small - the whir of moths, the snap of a stick.” ChildrenStillsNightSoundSilenceDoorsSubjectsSummerSticksPhotographLandscapeSnapsGarageMothsSummer Nights Author:Robert Adams
“For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it I must give up the myth of meritocracy. If these things are true, this is not such a free country; one's life is not what one makes it; many doors open for certain people through no virtues of their own.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryLife IsCertainWhiteVirtueDoorsSubjectsGiving UpRacismPressurePrivilegeMythElusiveWhite PrivilegeFugitiveMeritocracyFree Country Author:Peggy McIntosh
“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.” WayUsedLaughingSawsDoorsSubjectsWeightSizeStuckChairs Author:Roscoe Arbuckle
“At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door - or what matches up with your brand. But you're always subject to what's available, especially in the ski world where there are not infinite choices, especially on the fashion side.” WorldChoicesSidesCareersDoorsSubjectsFashionInfinitePrivilegeAvailablePartnersBrandsSkis Author:Bode Miller