Mathematics, in its widest significance, is the development of all types of formal, necessary, deductive reasoning.
The very concept of universal formal education is a product (and a relatively late product) of the capitalist world-economy.
Be sincere, be brief, be seated.
Did you ever get the feeling that the world is a tuxedo and you're a pair of brown shoes?
I'll be the first one to tell you that I'm not the most casual person.
While speaking in the NA, one must maintain respect.
India's a very interesting place... there's no formal opposition, but there's genuine on-the-ground opposition.
Looks like he's dressed for court.
The Ritz in London has an old-fashioned charm, with waiters wearing tails and white gloves. The dining room is exquisite, with immaculate service and ornate details.
You know how Oprah has her moment about bread? Mine's about boots. You could wear it to a meeting at work. You could wear it to a date.You could wear it to a wedding with a suit.
Funerals are all abstract ceremony.
One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
I'm secretly very stuffy.
[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.
An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.
each new poem is partly propelled by the formal energies of all the poems that have preceded it in the history of literature.
I don't think that any 'ism' is higher than literature or art. So I'm a formalist. I greatly honor and respect the form of a work.
Writing is like paying myself a formal visit.
Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be treated as a semiformal occasion.
Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?
When did you last have fun being dignified?
To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon.
It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling.
When it came to formal classes, I was a slacker. But I've always been a diligent autodidact and can teach myself virtually any subject if I have a serious interest in it.
