Formal Quotes

399 Formal quotes by 358 unique authors

To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end in itself. The… — Jim Horning
The sweet air coming into your house on a fine day, from water etched with waves as formal as the scales on a fish. — Marianne Moore
We are not very pleased when we are forced to accept a mathematical truth by virtue of a complicated chain of formal conclusions and computations,… — Hermann Weyl
First, we want to establish the idea that a computer language is not just a way of getting a computer to perform operations but rather… — Hal Abelson
All those formal systems, in mathematics and physics and the philosophy of science, which claim to give foundations for certain truth are surely mistaken. I… — Jacob Bronowski
Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding. — Edsger Dijkstra
I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself… — Mark Strand
One is almost tempted to say that the language itself is a mythology deprived of its vitality, a bloodless mythology so to speak, which has… — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
There are several things I think I would have done if I had the chance again. I would have been a little more patient about… — Frank Sinatra
A stage set should not make a pretty picture of its own. The empty stage should look formal and pleasing, but should seem to be… — G. Wilson Knight
I've always liked a formal layout and informal planting," she explained. "First get the structure right, like the bones in a face, then plant it… — Nancy Lancaster
At that time two opposing concepts of the Game called forth commentary and discussion. The foremost players distinguished two principal types of Game, the formal… — Hermann Hesse
Successful cooperation in or by formal organizations is the abnormal, not the normal, condition. — Chester Barnard
I'm not formal and I'm impatient. So I think my team would say that when she starts tapping her pen and the leg starts moving… — Anne M. Mulcahy
And so [my brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers. And, likewise, doubters… — George Seldes
There's a great freedom of forms and intonations in Luigi Fontanella's poetry. He doesn't take a strong formal stand; his poetry entertains moments of nearly… — Unknown Author
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses. — William Strunk, Jr.
A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is… — Dana Spiotta
We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than… — Philip Greenspun
I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world. — Manolo Blahnik
At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked… — Salvatore Quasimodo
With Head Off & Split, Nikky Finney establishes herself as one of the most eloquent, urgent, fearless and necessary poets writing in America today. What… — Kwame Dawes
As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than just learn how… — Lilian Katz
Green Giant contained a very strong and clear site and building design concept. Green Giant had strong formal, aesthetic and programmatic concepts, coupled with a… — Edward Mazria
I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to… — Peter Greenaway

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