Ceremony Quotes

279 Ceremony quotes by 236 unique authors

You can either set brick as a laborer or as an artist. You can make the work a chore, or you can have a good… — Anne Lamott
Marriage and especially the ceremony which announces it, the wedding... That is how we say to the world, 'These two are now a family, and… — Eileen Wilks
Finally he said that if men drink the blood of God yet they do not understand the seriousness of what they do. He said that… — Cormac McCarthy
Ranger cradled my face in his hands, using his thumbs to wipe the tears from my eyes. "The ceremony is over. Can you make it… — Janet Evanovich
I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of ritual? In certain… — David Nicholls
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published… — Anne Lamott
We’re Nephilim. Every one of our life’s passages has some mystical component — our births, our deaths, our, marriages, everything has a ceremony and a… — Cassandra Clare
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Many women to whom I have preached the doctrine of freedom have weakly replied, 'But who is to support the children?' It seems to me… — Isadora Duncan
The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It… — Louis L'Amour
When oranges came in, a curious proceeding was gone through. Miss Jenkyns did not like to cut the fruit, for, as she observed, the juice… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from… — Michael Palin
I was never educated to be an actor. I went to a regular college. It was a great thing for me because I feel that… — Vincent Price
Well, there aren’t any graves in mundane wedding ceremonies,” said Tessa. “Though your ability to quote the Bible is impressive. Better than my aunt Harriet’s.”… — Cassandra Clare
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing… — Nikki Sixx
The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him.… — Kelley Armstrong
He didn't see me looking at him, but I could tell the ceremony was having the same effect on him. He was enraptured. It was… — Richelle Mead
When I look at him, I don't see the cowardly young man who sold me out to Jeanine Matthews, and i don't hear the excuses… — Veronica Roth
Maybe we should go on lots of double dates,” Cath said, “and then we can get married on the same day in a double ceremony,… — Rainbow Rowell
If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well… — Fernand Point
There is a good reason they call these ceremonies 'commencement exercises'. Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. — Orrin Hatch
We are unlikely to cease making gods or inventing ceremonies to please them for as long as we are afraid of death, or of the… — Christopher Hitchens
The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain… — William Robertson Smith
When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in… — Phil Jackson
I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we… — Ban Ki-moon

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