Insult/formal

Famous quotes containing the words insult and/or formal:

    “A doll in the doll-maker’s house
    Looks at the cradle and bawls:
    “That is an insult to us.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.”
    —Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)