Formalities Quotes
22 quotes by 21 authors
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In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
— Mark Twain
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A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a…
— Suzanne Vega
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Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights to…
— Lawrence Lessig
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To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law - the law…
— Thomas Merton
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Under this law (Controlled Substances Act) a bureaucrat-usually not elected-decides whether or not a substance is dangerous and how dangerous that substance is. There's no…
— Peter McWilliams
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The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.
— Muhammad Ali
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It is superstitious to put one's hopes in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them.
— Blaise Pascal
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[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset.
— John D. MacDonald
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My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all cultures and walks…
— Ezekiel Emanuel
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Psychobabble is... a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candor, and understanding it pretends to promote. It's an idiom that…
— Richard Rosen
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You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no…
— Ray Charles
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Conventions vs. spontaneity. This is a dialectical choice, it depends on the assessment you make of your own times. If you judge that your own…
— Susan Sontag
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You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you find absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you…
— Octave Mirbeau
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F-free from all formalities R-right to say everything I-in an way E-either good or bad N-no sorry no thanks D-dear just as U
— Pia
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When attachments dies, formalities are born.
— Kshitij Roshan
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And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems.
— Brian Moore
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Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a civil place with certain formalities that people follow, but…
— Suzanne Vega
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Secret forces are bringing compatible spirits together. If the man permits himself to be led by this ineffable attraction, good fortune will come his way.…
— I Ching
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Razor devil child drugged up aristocrat, completely fucked up with formalities.
— Angelspit
Who Wrote These Formalities Quotes
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