Quotes About Ritual

There is a close meshing with the ritual properties of persons and with the egocentric forms of territoriality.

On game days, I like a huge breakfast. It'll be some eggs, preferably an omelet, some protein. It has to be a huge.

My hair is holy. I grow it long for the God.

Come, God -- Bromius, Bacchus, Dionysus -- burst into life, burst into being, be a mighty bull, a hundred-headed snake, a fire-breathing lion. Burst into smiling life, oh Bacchus!

Receive the god into your kingdom pour libations, cover your head with ivy, join the dance!

The liminal is an exploration of the limits of the permissible, controlled and ritually sanctioned by the group. It therefore contains elements of transgression as well as a mechanism designed to reestablish the 'normal' order of things.

Hae you got everything you need in the shape of-of tea?

know, Mother. Doesn't everybody clean their venetian blinds with a Q-tip twice a day? Duh!

The god is dead whose cult was to be kissed!

I fart. My backstage ritual is flatulence.

I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.

My morning ritual is to get up and feed the dogs, take my daughter to school, and come home.

Marriage isn't important for me. It's just a social announcement where we splurge on feeding a lot of people.

Chhath Puja is very close to my heart. Few years back, I did a movie titled 'Chhathi Maiyya.' After acting in this movie, I came to know more about the festival. Since then, I always wanted to perform Chhath Puja like other devotees do.

I listen to a lot of music. One of my favorite songs is 'Final Song' by M. It's something that I listen to before a lot of competitions.

I always have a cigar when I catch a fish.

Historically, the most favorably viewed figure in any administration is the first lady, regardless of her husband's popularity. That is largely because first ladies avoid the political fray and are ritualistically presented as a warm, human presence in the White House.

I have a cup of tea in my hand at all times. I have about 10 a day. I don't go for this hipster coffee nonsense. No flat whites for me!

What I normally do before going on stage is pray - normally we do a group prayer with the crew or whoever is around, like our security guard, our tour manager and whoever else is back there and wants to pray with us.

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.

God makes me play well. That is why I always make the sign of a cross when I walk out on to the pitch. I feel I would be betraying him if I didn't.

My wife and I are breakfast people.

My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.

British actors wear wigs a lot. I find it to be a nice ritual at the end of the day, take the wig off, clean the makeup off, go home, leave work behind me.