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