"Religions" of the Roman world varied. Most of it was ritual practices. There were periodic occasions when cities honored their guardian deities… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I would throw out the sense of nation, "good breeding," certain forms and ceremonies that govern relationships - perhaps even jealousy. We're… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
“ What to Take to Your Ceremony Dress Shoes Slip Hosiery Veil Gloves Jewelry … — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
He didn't see me looking at him, but I could tell the ceremony was having the same effect on him. He was… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
So give yourself that chance to put together the 80, 90 pages of a draft and then read it very in a… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
President David O. McKay (1873-1970) observed that too many couples come to "marriage looking upon the marriage ceremony as the end of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The fact is that a "minor exorcism" takes place in every Baptism and Confirmation ceremony when we renounce Satan and all his… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
The Kassideans or Assideans...arose either during the Captivity or soon after the restoration...The Essenians were, however, undoubtedly connected with the Temple (of… — Albert Mackey Copy Share Image
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight...… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Rationally considered, nothing can be more absurd than the baptism of infants under any circumstances. No statement, no matter by whom it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
When I look at him, I don't see the cowardly young man who sold me out to Jeanine Matthews, and i don't… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“There is a mixture of humor with drama in this part of the ceremony as well. When the old man staggered out… — Anthony Seeger Copy Share Image
“ceremony is essential to humans: It's a circle that we draw around important events to separate the momentous from the ordinary. And… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the… — Cindy Klassen Copy Share Image
Of all human and ancient opinions concerning religion, that seems to me the most likely and most excusable, that acknowledged God as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
No jot, iota, or tittle of the temple rites is otherwise than uplifting and sanctifying. In every detail the endowment ceremony contributes… — James E. Talmage Copy Share Image
My son, you are now flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. By the ceremony performed this day, every drop… — Chief Blackfish Copy Share Image
True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. If you know how to think, if you really have… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at the forefront of my first term,… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about… — Michael Kirby Copy Share Image
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Designers must educate the public that design is about strategy, not decoration. However, such attempts are repeatedly undermined by a design world… — David Berman Copy Share Image
I'm not superstitious in my normal daily life but I get that way about writing, even though I know it's all bullshit.… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
I like to cook for my friends. It is an act of love because in cooking you can create so many plates… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
There is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
The exterior must be joined to the interior to obtain anything from God, that is to say, we must kneel, pray with… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Is everybody in?... Is everybody in?... Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin... The program for this evening is not… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Growing up, the major institutions were school and church. We were taught our culture was no good. We didn't have sundances. The… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
Haiti itself was also photographed, some of the streets, some of the mountains, rivers, streams, etc. were photographed before talking with me… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power… — Duong Van Minh Copy Share Image
For a second marriage a lady has to content herself with a quiet ceremony in a chapel or at home, if she… — Alice-Leone Moats Copy Share Image