Famous Quotes & Sayings

Gabriel Lippmann

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.

Chris Wooding

On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.

Chris Van Hollen

It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be.

Gene Tierney

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

Francis Parker Yockey

A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force.

Francis Bacon

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

Hope Davis

The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.

Hugh Blair

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.

Hank Aaron

What you do with your life and how you do it is not only a reflection on you, but on your family and all of those institutions that have helped to make you who you are.

Guy deBord

The advertisements during intermissions are the truest reflection of an intermission from life.

Franz Kafka

Psychology is the description of the reflection of the terrestial world in the heavenly plane, or, more correctly, the description of a reflection such as we, soaked as we are in our terrestial nature, imagine it, for no reflection actually occurs, only we see earth wherever we turn.

Craig Thompson

The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.

The site is a reflection of society. It's an enter-at-your-own-risk kind of thing.

Bill Cowher

This was very reflective of how they feel about their teammates.

The score doesn't reflect how well we played.

Stanley Hauerwas

I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible. That is one of the reasons, moreover, that the scriptures remain paradigmatic for how we are to write.

That got my attention. They were asking, 'What are the values we have between us and how can we take all that and put it into a venture that reflects our values?' That is the right way to think about being an entrepreneur.

It's not surprising at all, because (Nucor) reflects the market.

Ernest Renan

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.

Carly Fiorina

Somehow a U.N. resolution about Syria puts us where we need to be? I think it is a reflection of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's beliefs that our foreign policy gets set by others.

Jenny McCarthy

What are friends for? They are the ultimate reflection of yourself. Always surround yourself with people who inspire you and return the favor by giving them the best of you.

Jean de la Bruyere

Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free ourselves.

Kim Cattrall

What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If Im in a good mood, its got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When Im down, I might find something that I havent worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.

Joseph Joubert

The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.

H. L. Mencken

Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.

Guillaume Canet

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.

Grace Jones

When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality - so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.

Gloria Estefan

A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.

Huston Smith

Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it.

Ian MacKaye

Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a reflection of the community. I actually saw my first rock concert on the altar of that church [St. Stephen's].

Sam Brownback

I do think she reflects the president, and I think that's the strongest thing, really, that she has going for her,

I do think it is a reflection of our society. Fast, short-term and speculative in nature.