Dr. Crew himself struck a philosophical note yesterday, as he subtly sought to take the initiative in defining his legacy.

The earlier story has a humorous tone, but takes a philosophical note as members of another alien race describe living stoically alongside the shapeshifters.

The film ends on a philosophical note as the two girls play piano together.

"Be that as it may," she added on a philosophical note.

His books typically take on a philosophical note as well as informing on the subject matter.

This, as yet, makes it impossible to know for sure whether anything of his philosophical notes survived.

It closes the album on exactly the right philosophical note.

I no longer eat and sleep regularly or write philosophical notes in my notebook and my fingernails are dirty.

On a more philosophical note, Question No. 71 asks, "What is self-government?"

Apart from paintings, Robert Kondakhsazov wrote memoirs, poems and philosophical notes.