Rite Quotes

168 quotes by 139 authors

The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of passage between notes. — Glenn Gould
O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all… — Thomas Ken
Family members have a personal stake in honoring and mourning their dead and objecting to unwarranted public exploitation that, by intruding upon their own grief,… — Anthony Kennedy
HOLLY TREE (Ilex aquifolium) is a symbol of good will and is associated with sun gods. In Rome the holly was sacred to Saturn and… — Raven Grimassi
Religion, charity, pure benevolence, and morals, mingled up with superstitious rites and ferocious cruelty, form in their combination institutions the most powerful and the most… — John Quincy Adams
I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I… — Dave Grohl
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written.… — G I Gurdjieff
Funerals are a pagan rite. There's not any doubt about it. — Steve Earle
State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that… — Harvey Fierstein
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about… — Penn Jillette
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone. — Guru Nanak
There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are… — Sylvester Stallone
I'm only interested in rites of passage stories. — Pete Townshend
Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is a… — Sara Nelson
To plot is to live. [â€¦] We start out lives in chaos, in babble. As we surge up into the world, we try to devise… — Don DeLillo
Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments. — Jim Morrison
Religion is more than rite and ritual. — Yann Martel
she was such a bad actress. she never said her lines rite, it was something perverse in her nature. and wat was her line anyway? — Janet Fitch
The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites. — Merlin Stone

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