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
Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is merely the egoism of the man, who wants to bury a woman like a treasure. All attempts at using vows,… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to,… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the… — Olivia Newton-John Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is also a trait of the organizations that I call lodges - everything from corporate cultures to religious sects. Their bonding… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
Over the weekend, former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Rebecca Carter married each other during a huge ceremony in Houston. The happy… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer. — Sean Durkin Copy Share Image
No known human group... simply throw out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
Ranger cradled my face in his hands, using his thumbs to wipe the tears from my eyes. "The ceremony is over. Can… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
When one has nothing left make ceremonies out of the air and breathe upon them. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Copy Share Image
Instead of reading vows at the wedding ceremony, they read hacked Sony emails. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Divorce is my generation's coming of age ceremony - a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Laughing and crying are very similar. Sometimes people go from laughing to crying, or crying to laughing. I remember being at someone's… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tea ceremony is a way of worshipping the beautiful and the simple. All one's efforts are concentrated on trying to achieve perfection… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
AT&T to wed T-Mobile. Following the ceremony there will be no reception. — Richard Lerner Copy Share Image
If science ever gets to the bottom of Voodoo in Haiti and Africa, it will be found that some important medical secrets,… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
