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
If you just live in New York and you only know New York, you know a certain kind of condition of formality… — David Adjaye 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
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
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
Well I wasn't really attacking the religious beliefs [in the song 'The Vatican Rag'], I was attacking the formality of the rituals… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems of mathematics is to explain to everyone else what it is all about. The technical trappings of… — Ian Stewart 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
“In love afairs, there is no mediator like a merry, simple-hearted child - ever ready to cement divided hearts, to span the… — Anne Brontë 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
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
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 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
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
Grilling takes the formality out of entertaining. Everyone wants to get involved. — Bobby Flay 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
Under this law (Controlled Substances Act) a bureaucrat-usually not elected-decides whether or not a substance is dangerous and how dangerous that substance… — Peter McWilliams 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
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
“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
Ritual is a terribly important, binding cement in a society. If we abandon formality and rituals, we're actually weakening the relationships that… — Alexander McCall Smith 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
I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
