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
Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were… — John Selden 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
New York is full of people . . . with a feeling for the tangential adventure, the risky adventure, the interlude that's… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I think one of the greatest gigs I played, and we've had many, but to play the opening ceremony at - at… — Tiesto Copy Share Image
An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony. — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man's fancy and get the benefit of his… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The geometry of landscape and situation seems to create its own systems of time, the sense of a dynamic element which is… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Participation in the dance was entirely voluntary, a mental vow to worship the Mystery in this manner being expressed by a man… — Edward S. Curtis Copy Share Image
Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Buddhism is not just going to temple, being at a ceremony and dressing up. That is the church of Buddhism. Esoteric Buddhism… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I, George Bush, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as the Decade… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“How'd you like a temporary job in our shipping room?" Mr. Shanahan asked, his eyes suddenly watchful. For an instant Mr. Newman… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate the word 'production'...it's a ceremony, it's a ritual...you should go out of the theatre stronger and more human than when… — Ariane Mnouchkine Copy Share Image
Forms and regularity of proceeding, if they are not justice, partake much of the nature of justice, which, in its highest sense,… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
As artists and traders in medieval cities began to form organizations, they instituted tough initiation ceremonies. Journeymen in Bergen, Norway, were shoved… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
We got trapped in the limo during a thunderstorm on our way to the reception. The bride wanted to wait for the… — Julie Roberts Copy Share Image
“And in these four things, opinion of ghosts, ignorance of second causes, devotion towards what men fear, and taking of things casual… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the… — Carl Sagan 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
The anointing of the Holy Spirit is given to illuminate His Word, to open the Scriptures, and to place the spiritual man… — Charles Fox Parham Copy Share Image
The prenup needs to be drawn up months before the wedding, not days - it's not something you slap together and sign… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
