...the sacred ceremonies given to us by the Creator are…

“Many native traditions held clowns and tricksters as essential to any contact with the sacred. People could not pray until they had laughed, because…

— Byrd Gibbens

These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the…

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria, without song…

— Giuseppe Verdi

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

— Confucius

Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.

— Lord Chesterfield

All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks of Mannersand…

— Lord Chesterfield

We're trying to learn from [Olympic] Beijing, which could be very intimidating. We've learned to expect it's power, it majesty and that it completes…

— Danny Boyle

“I smiled ruefully to myself, knowing I had already experienced a far greater and deeper union with this man than that which propriety was…

— Persia Woolley

I like to dress up and look nice. I'm not quite at the stage yet financially to do that too often, but it's nice…

— Simon Bird

I don't like awards ceremonies. I'd sooner go to the pub with mates I've known for years.

— Paul O'Grady

I knew from experience at the Negro Ensemble Company that it wasn't until there was a place controlled by black artists... that Pulitzer Prize-winning…

— Michael Schultz

I don't like weddings. I don't like ceremonies, and I show up wearing whatever the hell I want, if I go at all.

— Julio Torres

When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them.

— Cormac McCarthy

I don't like award ceremonies.

— King Diamond

“Now, over the years I've been forced to conclude that most celebrations don't work. The more carefully planned a signal occasion, the more likely…

— Lionel Shriver