Reflected Quotes

450 quotes by 381 authors

I remember standing on a street corner with the black painter Beauford Delaney down in the Village, waiting for the light to change, and he… — James A. Baldwin
The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police. — Carl Joachim Friedrich
Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows… — William Blake
Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected. — Sogyal Rinpoche
When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most." — George Bernard Shaw
During climbs into taller trees, I was occasionally able to look down on the backs of birds, which shine with reflected sunlight as they move… — Richard Preston
You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that. — Barry Sanders
Much of John Kerry's recent surge has come at the expense of Howard Dean. The situation reflected in his hot new bumper sticker, 'Dated Dean,… — Jon Stewart
The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man was not merely very human; he was humanity. And I reflected that it is only by preserving faith in human dreams that we… — James Branch Cabell
Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Immortalityâ€”dazzling idea! who first imagined thee! Was it some jolly burgher of Nuremburg, who with night-cap on his head, and white clay pipe in mouth,… — Heinrich Heine
You may study with the highest teachers, but you will find no one but yourself teaching you. You may travel the world over, yet find… — Bo Lozoff
He believed that all people existed behind varying layers of armor which, like the archaeological layers of earth itself, reflected the historical events and turbulence… — Gay Talese
The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury… — Oscar Wilde
Here is good news to those to whom enthusiasm does not come naturally: It can be cultivated. At first, you must consciously put your eyes,… — David Dunn
The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at… — Francois Truffaut
There is nothing original; all is reflected light. — Honore de Balzac
The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the minds of others. — William Hazlitt
I've often reflected on the rather obvious thought that when his disciples were about to have the world collapse in on them, our Lord spent… — Sinclair B. Ferguson

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