But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
I think it's alright if the government wants to say, in the state of Massachusetts, in the state of New York, in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people.… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
Gay unions, what is that about? I haven't been invited to any ceremonies, and I wouldn't go anyway. The idea that gay… — Boy George Copy Share Image
When a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope… — Anne Lamott 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
I planted some jokes in my wedding. Like, the organizers asked me to select music. So when I approached wife at the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
I don't know if I can face this. You know. The party and the ceremony, and then the hour after that, and… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
It has become increasingly clear that Hungarian authorities are encouraging the whitewashing of tragic and criminal episodes in Hungary's past, namely the… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
CEREMONY OF FLIES hits the road like a nitrous-fueled GTO...and then pulls the ultimate stunt of getting better. What starts as a… — Lisa Morton Copy Share Image
The subjects in my work appear as unidentified ghosts that can't be said to be of this world. I've decided to call… — Hyon Gyon Copy Share Image
Getting dragged, kicking and screaming out of the ring, begging for mercy from whomever it is that fires me, and never be… — Chris Jericho Copy Share Image
When the Ngdanga tribe of West Africa hold their moon love ceremonies, the men of the tribe bang their heads on sacred… — Mike Harding Copy Share Image
The thing about the Nobel ceremony is that for a whole week, you get treated like a superstar. You get driven everywhere.… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
Once a great wrong has been done, it never dies. People speak the words of peace, but their hearts do not forgive.… — Paule Marshall Copy Share Image
I just got an honorary degree from Glasgow University, and I had to wear around very painful shoes so that I didn't… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“Reuben says in many cultures, the wedding ceremony and all of it's rituals are much the same as a funeral: a transition… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a living writer, or real ones from college,… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
What war has always been is a puberty ceremony. It's a very rough one, but you went away a boy and came… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
Marriage is not a magical potion that serves to amplify adoration, reduce deep-seated feelings of resentment, erase fears of commitment, or answer… — Emily V. Gordon Copy Share Image
If there is such a thing as marriage, it takes place long before the ceremony; in a car on the way to… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
I have to drink wine before I go on stage. That is still part of the ritual, the ceremony. I usually go… — Wayne Hussey 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
As a teenager, in my songbook, I used to script what my lighting would be like. I used to dance in my… — Mika Copy Share Image
I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
I probably sensed the serious formality of the ceremonies and felt what others were feeling then. Looking back, I'd guess that it… — Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Copy Share Image
One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep… — Padma Lakshmi Copy Share Image
During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford,… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
The combination of drugs, homosexuality, some good prose recited on screen. . . . In the sweat lodge ceremony we went through,… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin. The entertainment for this evening is not… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
It is surely one of the strangest of our propensities to mark out those we love best for the worst usage; yet… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
