Ceremonial Quotes

38 Ceremonial quotes by 34 unique authors

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that… — Arundhati Roy
How many of them were there?' Her voice wasn't joking around. Eighteen. Hundred.' Four,' Blaylock interjected. 'An honor guard of four.' What did they work… — J R Ward
The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite,… — C.S. Lewis
As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who… — Antonia Fraser
Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When independent-thinking… — Arundhati Roy
Flags are bits of colored cloth used first to shrinkwrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. — Arundhati Roy
The juke joint, the honky tonk, and the ballroom also represent one more thing, anthropologically speaking: a ceremonial context for the male-with-female-duet dance flirtation and… — Albert Murray
If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way. — Dalai Lama
A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a… — Russell Smith
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For… — Nancy Gibbs
The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism. — Felix Adler
I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I want to… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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