Formal Quotes

399 Formal quotes by 358 unique authors

Now in the 21st century, the boundaries separating chemistry, physics, and medicine have become blurred, and as happened during the Renaissance, scientists are following their… — Peter Agre
The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to… — Hillary Clinton
I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books are all science… — Scott Westerfeld
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it… — John Ortberg
I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and we had a… — Guy Laliberte
In the 1820s, the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. were some of the only countries where the average population received at least two years of… — Peter Diamandis
I did not like formal meetings, because they took away my freedom. I just liked to spend time with my friends, where I could be… — Bidzina Ivanishvili
My mother loves to remind me that about the age of four, I made a somewhat formal announcement that I was going to be a… — Stella Young
In short, chronological connectivity puts us in touch with the holy. It is at once humbling and exhilarating. I say this as someone who has… — James Howard Kunstler
I love a modern suit paired with a polo or cotton T-shirt... and then paired with leather sneakers, or cashmere joggers with a tailored blazer… — Brunello Cucinelli
I rise today to offer a formal and heartfelt apology to all the victims of lynching in our history, and for the failure of the… — George Allen
We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence… — Seth Low
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right… — Stockwell Day
But picketing - picketing for or against something, and handing out literature - these are conspicuously formal actions. They have to be understood as indirect… — Tony Conrad
Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type. — Jim Fowler
That poetry survived in its formal agencies finally, and that prose survived to get something said. — Robert Creeley
Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and men… — Henry Villard
I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic. — Alberto Fujimori
During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first time we struck… — Neal Schon
The Rolling Stones are constantly changing, but beneath the changes they remain the most formal of rock bands. Their successive releases have been continuous extensions… — Jon Landau
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal… — Gary Hamel
I think evangelicals would do better if they concentrated less on bolstering the formal authority of the Scripture - which I certainly would want to… — Miroslav Volf
Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does… — Vikas Swarup
By and large the literature of a democracy will never exhibit the order, regularity, skill, and art characteristic of aristocratic literature; formal qualities will be… — Alexis De Tocqueville
The problem is that once the untrained mind has made a formal commitment to a religious philosophy - and it does not matter whether that… — Steve Allen

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