Formal Quotes

399 Formal quotes by 358 unique authors

It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer… — Richard P. Feynman
Science is not formal logic-it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true… — Max Born
Celebration never need depend on outside circumstances. We need not wait for a special holiday or a formal occasion, nor a sunny and cloudless day.… — Rajneesh
A formal and orderly conception of the whole is rarely present, perhaps even rarely possible, except to a few men of exceptional genius. — Chester Barnard
The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education. — Paul E. Gray
Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any… — Jean Kerr
I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I… — John Francis
After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis… — Paloma Picasso
I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a translation of the… — Daniel Everett
I studied music formally. I was probably less formal about my study of acting than anything. — David Carradine
I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training. — June Squibb
I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought. — Robert Darnton
The basic idea of email has remained essentially unchanged since the first networked message was sent in 1971. And while email is great for one-on-one,… — Ryan Holmes
My work is formal, not based on psychology. — Robert Wilson
I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to… — David Rockefeller
Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make… — Alexa Von Tobel
Without any formal personal finance education or trustworthy resources to tell them otherwise, the majority of people in the 18-to-24-year-old age bracket do not know… — Alexa Von Tobel
For many, graduation marks the end of formal student life - the end of long spring breaks and of thinking that a 10 A.M. class… — Alexa Von Tobel
We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set with bulbs, and… — Alice Morse Earle
As an actress, I never went to film school, and I think if I had gone to film school, I would have started with a… — Preity Zinta
In Latin America, specialists and polling organisations have, for some time, observed that the extension of formal democracy was accompanied by an increasing disillusionment about… — Noam Chomsky
The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught. — Maximillian Degenerez
I love to sing. I never had any formal training. My mother is a singer, and I picked up listening to her. — Nimrat Kaur
Airline glamour never promised anything as mundane as elbow room, much less a flat bed, a massage, or an arugula salad. It promised a better… — Virginia Postrel
It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena… — David Blunkett

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