#reflect

The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany. ↗

— George Santayana

#belong #breed #does #free #gather

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#beliefs #curious #example #far #for example

The views of the European Union are fully reflected in this text, particularly the key objective of the EU, namely vigorously to address the disarmament of Iraq and to do so within the framework of the UN Security Council. ↗

— Javier Solana

#council #disarmament #eu #european #european union

Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today in movements of reserves among countries. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#back #balance #countries #days #deficits

I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#am #artistic #close #did #disparage

I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#any #changes #context #current #face

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#character #general #greatest #most #nation

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events. ↗

— Henry Knox

#consequences #country #dreadful #events #every

Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#cost #price #product #reflected #should

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter. ↗

— Kenneth Starr

#facts #matter #obviously #reflects #story