Formally Quotes

66 Formally quotes by 61 unique authors

A formally harmonious product needs no decoration, it should be elevated through pure form, — Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it. — B.F. Skinner
No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood but their general significance is mysterious. In some sense they describe the 'square root' of… — Michael Atiyah
Mathematicians can and do fill in gaps, correct errors, and supply more detail and more careful scholarship when they are called on or motivated to… — William Thurston
Combinatorial analysis, in the trivial sense of manipulating binomial and multinomial coefficients, and formally expanding powers of infinite series by applications ad libitum and ad… — Richard Askey
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
Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble "found" art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally interesting enough to be… — Gary Saul Morson
One night in Tokyo we watched two Japanese businessmen saying good-night to each other after what had clearly been a long night of drinking, a… — Dave Barry
My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned… — Laz Alonso
I'm formally trained, I don't know what classically trained really means. I've worked with Sanford Meisner. And I've worked at Circle Rep with Marshall W.… — Brad Dourif
I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college. — Ana Gasteyer
Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives… — Rachel Kushner
The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will formally admit… — E. J. Dionne
I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music. — Stan Getz
I was an accidental actor. I was never formally trained. — David Soul
I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or… — Mark Morris
It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good . Guarantee a man's goodness… — George Bernard Shaw
I've never studied anything formally. I was excluded from school at the age of 17, so I am an autodidact, which is a word that… — Alan Moore
Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded;… — Iain Duncan Smith
My closet is organized by tops, pants, and outerwear, but not a lot of dresses. Gowns are in another room because I don't often dress… — Vera Wang
The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling… — Max Weber
Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You do not know… — Neil Gaiman
We're all born strangers to ourselves and each other, and we're seldom formally introduced. — Robert Charles Wilson
Sweetheart," Bill said formally, "I have always loved you, and I will be proud to die in your service. When I'm gone, say a prayer… — Charlaine Harris
But – Michael, you said you didn’t know Oliver, and–” “I didn’t, until he killed me. We were never formally introduced. — Rachel Caine

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