The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
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
It is easy to see that the inventor of the heaven did not originate the idea, but copied it from the show-ceremonies… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I enjoy ritual and ceremony. What I don't like is when it's badly done or sloppily done. This is actually a theological… — Peter Hollingworth 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
Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
He didn't see me looking at him, but I could tell the ceremony was having the same effect on him. He was… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“ What to Take to Your Ceremony Dress Shoes Slip Hosiery Veil Gloves Jewelry … — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I spoke at the St. Lawrence Seaway ceremonies in 1969, I borrowed some words from the monument there which I had… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I would throw out the sense of nation, "good breeding," certain forms and ceremonies that govern relationships - perhaps even jealousy. We're… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
So give yourself that chance to put together the 80, 90 pages of a draft and then read it very in a… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge… — Ian Frazier Copy Share Image
"Religions" of the Roman world varied. Most of it was ritual practices. There were periodic occasions when cities honored their guardian deities… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
My son, you are now flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. By the ceremony performed this day, every drop… — Chief Blackfish Copy Share Image
True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. If you know how to think, if you really have… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
President David O. McKay (1873-1970) observed that too many couples come to "marriage looking upon the marriage ceremony as the end of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
No jot, iota, or tittle of the temple rites is otherwise than uplifting and sanctifying. In every detail the endowment ceremony contributes… — James E. Talmage Copy Share Image
Of all human and ancient opinions concerning religion, that seems to me the most likely and most excusable, that acknowledged God as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the… — Cindy Klassen Copy Share Image
Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at the forefront of my first term,… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
I think it is wrong for the federal government to force Christian individuals, businesses, pastors, churches to participate in wedding ceremonies that… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about… — Michael Kirby Copy Share Image
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
