#formal

Wings are a constraint that makes it possible to fly. ↗

— Robert Bringhurst

#freedom #freedom

The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe. ↗

— Karl Pearson

#apparently #carried #dealing #description #endless

In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been madamed once, by the doorman at the Carlyle Hotel. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#form-of-address #formality #london #madam #miss

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere. ↗

— Beck

#beck #emerges #enough #everywhere #formally

I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#communications #education #formal #formal education #graduated

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#am #aspects #attention #boundaries #conscious

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#accord #does #equality #formally #however

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#dance #formal #i #i do #i love

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation. ↗

— Angela Carter

#confrontation #dinner #dinner table #formal #governed

Formal education makes you a living, self-education makes you a legend. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#formal-education #inspirational #self-education #education