Rite Quotes
168 quotes by 148 authors
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good…
— J. G. Ballard
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I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack…
— Orlando Bloom
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My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during…
— Winston Churchill
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Wide open and unguarded stand our gates And through them presses a wild motley throng Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featureless figures…
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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Lovers can do their amorous rites by their own beauties
— William Shakespeare
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We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage.
— Barack Obama
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For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it…
— Florence Nightingale
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Getting a tattoo should hurt. It's a rite of passage.
— Jenna Jameson
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It is indeed remarkable that the nature of our dealings with our fellowmen will determine, in large measure, our status in the kingdom of heaven....We…
— Mark E. Petersen
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To the Greeks, the supreme function of music was to "praise the gods and educate the youth". In Egypt... Initiatory music was heard only in…
— Plutarch
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Prayer brings to us blessings which we need, and which only God can give, and which prayer can alone convey to us ... This service…
— Gerhard Tersteegen
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If you really look at hip-hop dance, it's really a rites-of-passage thing. You never see the arms release down. They're always up in fighting position.…
— Rennie Harris
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Our Pastoral solicitude induces us to earnestly protect and preserve in everything and especially in the sacred rites of the Church the best and old…
— Pope Clement VIII
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That rule must be absolutely observed which states that, except for the most serious reasons and with the Apostolic See, no innovations are to be…
— Pope Gregory XVI
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The Roman Pontiffs have always...held that all those rites should be preserved which deviate neither from accuracy in matters of faith, nor from what is…
— Pope Pius IX
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The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of…
— Pope Leo XIII
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For what concerns diversity of rites in the sacred liturgy, the Apostolic See has always made its position clear: not only it does not condemn…
— Pope Leo XIII
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Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . .…
— Carlton J. H. Hayes
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If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall.…
— Julian Bond
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According to Miller, Pharisee Judaism is not a religion at all, but a secret society posing as a religion, a "sect with Judaism as a…
— Edith Starr Miller
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