Formal Quotes

399 Formal quotes by 358 unique authors

You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations. — Denis Johnson
Contrary to what some folks would have us believe, it is not tragic, even if undesirable, for a person to leave a liberal arts education… — Bell Hooks
Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers. — Robert A. Heinlein
It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principle of its color and odor, as seek… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
My father had very little formal education. — Daniel Berrigan
We have lost faith in the formal powers of the mind, not, as some suppose, because our universe is too difficult to grasp, but because… — Lewis Mumford
Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your… — Lee Iacocca
Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed upon the new… — Alfred Kazin
The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. — Angela Carter
Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple… — Nancy McKeon
The well-known fact that the form of a specific substance, e.g. water, and hence its properties can alter without a change in composition was disposed… — Wilhelm Ostwald
I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office. — Huey Lewis
I think the time of the formal dinners is over. — Wolfgang Puck
Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an… — Karlheinz Stockhausen
Everyone meditates in their own way. Some people sit and practice formal mediation techniques for many hours a day while others spontaneously meditate while watching… — Frederick Lenz
Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women… — Harold Geneen
The state is based on this contradiction. It is based on the contradiction between public and private life, between universal and particular interests. For this… — Karl Marx
The fact that scientists do not consciously practice a formal methodology is very poor evidence that no such methodology exists. It could be said-has been… — Peter Medawar
I can't imagine a mental life, a spiritual existence, not inextricably bound up with language of a formal, mediated nature. Telling stories, choosing an appropriate… — Joyce Carol Oates
An artist doesn't necessarily have deeper feelings than other people, but he can express these feelings. He is like everyone else-only more so! He speaks… — Ned Rorem
In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels. — Ben Bernanke
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces. — Harrison Birtwistle
Having more women in company boards, in senior management, supervisory positions and workers in the formal sector is not only the right thing to do,… — Michelle Bachelet
I cannot feel my legs from the waist down any longer. But who cares? I look good and that's all that matters. And when I… — Eliza Coupe
I've never had formal drama-school training; I've just picked things up as I've gone along. — Agyness Deyn

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