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title: "11 Ritualistic Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Ritualistic quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Ritualistic sayings and thoughts."
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> [Medicine is incredibly ritualistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-topol/medicine-is-incredibly-ritualistic/)

[Eric Topol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-topol/)

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> [I definitely am a ritualistic person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-worsham/i-definitely-am-a-ritualistic-person/)

[Charlie Worsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-worsham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23d/charlie-worsham-20633_am_i-definitely-am-a-ritualistic-person-187_1873503.jpg)

> [Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-walcott/any-serious-attempt-to-try-to-do-something-worthwhile-is-ritualistic/)

[Derek Walcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-walcott/)

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> [Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/long-before-i-had-ever-seen-a-ritualistic-service-i-became-a-ritualist/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73e/ronald-knox-23264_inspirational_long-before-i-had-ever-seen-a-ritualisti_2213272.jpg)

> [Coffee takes on an almost ritualistic meaning. I learned that from being on hurricane patrol for a year in the North Atlantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-lowell/coffee-takes-on-an-almost-ritualistic-meaning-i-learned-that-from/)

[Nathan Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-lowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/nathan-lowell-27268_coffee_coffee-takes-on-an-almost-ritualistic-me_1985206.jpg)

> [I love to bake. There's something very ritualistic about it, kind of magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-miner/i-love-to-bake-there-s-something-very-ritualistic-about-it-kind-of/)

[Rachel Miner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-miner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/rachel-miner-32430_about_i-love-to-bake-there-s-something-very-ri_1649457.png)

> [I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-have-a-funny-relationship-with-religion-i-m-a-big-believer-in/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [There's a ritualistic element to tragedy that everyone shares; there's something curiously glorious in terms of the most horrible kind of events…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-walcott/there-s-a-ritualistic-element-to-tragedy-that-everyone-shares-there-s/)

[Derek Walcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-walcott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/derek-walcott-2220_events_there-s-a-ritualistic-element-to-tragedy_963780.jpg)

> [We do ritualistic animal sacrifice. We host orgies on our trampoline, every other Sunday. You didn't get our Twitter feed on that?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-paquin/we-do-ritualistic-animal-sacrifice-we-host-orgies-on-our-trampoline/)

[Anna Paquin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-paquin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/anna-paquin-12442_animal_we-do-ritualistic-animal-sacrifice-we-ho_3079242.png)

> [“They seemed to have no conception of an alternative; they were locked into a ritualistic playing out of the basest masculinity. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-perry/they-seemed-to-have-no-conception-of-an-alternative-they-were-locked/)

[Grayson Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-perry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e73/grayson-perry-3535_discipline_they-seemed-to-have-no-conception-of-an_1533738.png)

> [I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-silverman/i-m-a-very-ritualistic-person-i-have-to-wash-my-face-twice-and-on-the/)

[Sarah Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-silverman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/sarah-silverman-1212_brushes_i-m-a-very-ritualistic-person-i-have-to_821776.png)

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