"Writing is like paying myself a formal visit…" — Fernando Pessoa

More Formal Quotes

This quote is filed under Formal Quotes, one of 399 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. — Ambrose Bierce
• My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of… — David Bohm
• I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many… — Alain de Botton
• You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love… — Jeff Bridges
• America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I… — Paula Abdul
• At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. — George Carlin
• Unlike the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, the umma, or Muslim community, has no symbolic leader, let alone a formal… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls. — Leslie Caron
• People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook… — Ted Allen
• After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had… — John Henrik Clarke
• I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a… — John Henrik Clarke
• Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious… — Hendrik Willem van Loon

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