Broad Subject Fields

Famous quotes containing the words broad, subject and/or fields:

    “In this broad earth of ours,
    Amid the measureless grossness and the slag,
    Enclosed and safe within its central heart,
    Nestles the seed perfection.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, “But what shall I do?” my answer is, “If you really wish to do anything, resign your office.” When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay,
    And early though the laurel grows
    It withers quicker than the rose.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)