Best Formalities Quotes

It is superstitious to put one's hope in formalities, but arrogant to refuse to submit to them. — Blaise Pascal

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities. — Muhammad Ali

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days. — X.J. Kennedy

The formal religions are often overdone, with useless formalities, immature psychological notions, and pompous authorities. — Thomas Moore

They were a pair of people with no middle ground, nothing between polite formalities and an engulfing intimacy — Alice Munro

And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems. — Brian Moore

In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities. — Mark Twain

Spontaneousness is thought to be madness. Formalities are thought to be sanity. Just the opposite is the reality. — Osho

Fiestas always began as if they were being held in a parlor, amid teacups. — Warren Eyster

[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset. — John D. MacDonald