Attention Quote by Charles Lamb

“ceremony is essential to humans: It's a circle that we draw around important events to separate the momentous from the ordinary. And ritual is…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Ceremony assists people to adjust to change (a marriage ceremony does this for families), to recognize achievement (a classic example is a graduation ceremony),…

— Dally Messenger

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a…

— Lord Chesterfield

Ceremony is-really a protection, too, in times of emotional involvement, particularly at death. If we have a social formula to guide us and do…

— Amy Vanderbilt

Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is…

— Anonymous

Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.

— Lord Chesterfield

“The purpose of any ceremony is to build stronger relationship or bridge the distance between our cosmos and us. The research that we do…

— Shawn Wilson

Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful…

— Michel de Montaigne

“Ritual and ceremony are powerful bonding tools. They result in a sense of community, a feeling of unity far beyond what you might expect.”

— Del Suggs

Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and…

— John Selden

I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.

— Rob Lowe

Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.

— Lord Chesterfield