I don't want a Jennifer Lopez wedding or anything like…

We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be…

— Jimmy Carter

It is merely the egoism of the man, who wants to bury a woman like a treasure. All attempts at using vows, contracts, and…

— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to, but he…

— J.R. Ward

There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of…

— Lawrence Durrell

I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the opening of…

— Olivia Newton-John

Nostalgia is also a trait of the organizations that I call lodges - everything from corporate cultures to religious sects. Their bonding power often…

— Jennifer James

Over the weekend, former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Rebecca Carter married each other during a huge ceremony in Houston. The happy couple is…

— Conan O'Brien

“Japanese tea ceremony,”

— Sheryl Berk

Truth and ceremony are two things.

— Marcus Aurelius

The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.

— Sean Durkin

No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals…

— Theodosius Dobzhansky