The Toddstock thing is the closest thing, I have to say, a Grateful Dead sort of thing where it all lapses over… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I'm an American searching for some sort of parameters, a way of life - I'm looking for a slight formality, for a… — Waris Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
“In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
We've become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a formality and maybe a kind of… — Radha Mitchell Copy Share Image
[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset. — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
The summit is the mere formality, the ceremonial demonstration of what was agreed to long ago, weeks, months before the summit. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp...… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
I am as fond of colorful language as anyone, but I try not to inflict it upon strangers. I suspect many people… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Believers should be open to and encourage the Spirit's moving within each one, including the spontaneity from individual initiatives when gathered together.… — Henry Hon Copy Share Image
An open-minded and diverse population that readily shares information, encourages experimentation, accepts failure and dispenses with formality and hierarchy is what makes… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
I probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
Psychobabble is... a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candor, and understanding it pretends to promote. It's… — Richard Rosen Copy Share Image
Woe unto thee if after all thy profession thou shouldst be found under the power of ignorance, lost in formality, drowned in… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
... in general, the Anglo-Irish do not make good dancers; they are too spritely and conscious; they are incapable of one kind… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
The reason to preserve wilderness is that we need it. We need wilderness of all kinds, large and small, public and private.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
I like to be able to wear something that is appropriate for wherever the day takes me: to work, on a hike… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
The sort of formality that goes into my artwork I would not expect from everybody in the world. I'm sort of pushing… — Tristan Perich Copy Share Image
In Russian administration, minuteness does not exclude disorder. Much trouble is taken to attain unimportant ends, and those employed believe they can… — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image
To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A wedding is the formality a man has to go through before going to work for a new boss. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Are not the daily devotions conducted by these legal ecclesiastics already degenerating into a scanty attendance, and a tiresome formality? — James Madison Copy Share Image
When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite 'thank you,' it is the recognition… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved. — Bobby Flay Copy Share Image
Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The religion is a formality. What matters is you show respect to God and your faith in God. — Sean Stone Copy Share Image
Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do… — Mas Oyama Copy Share Image
The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity… — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
Formality Thus the absence of all mention of particular things or properties in logic or pure mathematics is a necessary result of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Every member of our Church is a missionary. Without the formality of a setting-apart we should be so set-apart from the ways… — William J. Critchlow, Jr Copy Share Image
The Christian principles on which the country was primarily founded are rarely consulted other than for formalities of state, derision, or for… — H. Wayne House Copy Share Image
If conversation be an art, like painting, sculpture, and literature, it owes its most power charm to nature; and the least shade… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules,… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
“Formal business situations are likely to be the least revealing because these are the times when all of us are most likely… — Abhishek Ratna Copy Share Image
There is scarcely a town or school in Russia from which boys have not run away to the war. Hundreds of girls… — Stephen Graham Copy Share Image
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