Formation Quotes

218 quotes by 185 authors

Sexual behavior in our species goes through three characteristic phases: pair formation, precopulatory activity, and copulation, usually but not always in that order. The pair-formation… — Desmond Morris
In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National… — John Lahr
The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to… — Stuart Symington
This light unglues the formation and structure of the being for a certain period of time. It will reassemble automatically. — Frederick Lenz
[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset. — John D. MacDonald
That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has… — Albert Einstein
The first time I came across the birds and the bees in actual flight, I couldn't identify the formation. — Bill Cosby
I think periods of browsing during which no occupation is imposed from without are important in youth because they give time for the formation of… — Bertrand Russell
There is no reason why agreement on particular points should not be both possible and advantageous to the so-called neutrals and to one or more… — Hjalmar Branting
The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14… — Lance Burton
Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies. — John R. Allen
The key thing to understand is that solar activity causes shifts in the jet stream with consequent changes in weather patterns and triggers processes that… — Piers Corbyn
We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation… — Robert Fortune
If you put a ten dollar bill under the rug instead of spending it, that is capital formation. It represents ten dollars' worth of something… — Garet Garrett
And if I am elected, I promise the formation of a new party, a third party, a wild party. — Alice Cooper
Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history. — Paulo Freire
Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals… — J. Philippe Rushton
Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by it. — John Ruskin
The Bible is the Only Book That Can Make Us Wise unto Salvation. The Bible is not a book to be studied as we study… — George Frederick Pentecost

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