Quotes About Ceremony

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony.

I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.

I wanted to be baptized as an adult, confirming my faith and my beliefs. It was also a way for me to consciously thank God and Jesus for everything in my life.

If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive.

The worship of the Buddha by non-Buddhists remained largely formal and deferential.

Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Chang-Ch'un

then he stretched himself alongside her to smoke a cigarette with all the ceremony of an opium dreamer.

You're going to the wedding, apparently. - I'm reading a poem at the wedding [of his to be ex husband]

ALTAR  (A'LTAR)   n.s.[altare, Lat. It is observed by Junius, that the word altar is received, with christianity, in all the European languages; and that altare is used by one of the Fathers, as appropriated to the Christian worship, in opposition to the aræ of gentilism.]1. The place where offerings to heaven are laid. The goddess

collect As many tripods as you think you'll need, Together with the other kinds of vessels That the rites of sacrifice require: cauldrons, Shallow basins, bowls; pour tall jugs full 8860 Of purest water from the sacred spring; Have ready wood that's dry and quick to catch; And finally, be sure a sharp knife's there. All else I leave to you." Those

Surely the gestures of murmuring priests must contain some deep meaning

SYRENY na ska?ach Jaki? chmurek kr?g si? k??bi Mg?? ksi??yca wie?cz?c twarz? Rozkochanych poczt go??bi * Biel? wzrok ol?niewa nasz. Pafos wyspa ?le tu do nas To najtkliwsze z ptasich stad; Uroczysto?? ju? sko?czona, Jasny, pi?kny jest nasz ?wiat!

Even in a godless world, rituals are required.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

the living voice of God does not sound, pomp and ceremony, however elaborately observed, are like empty phantoms. So, we should see that papacy is so much wind.

I do this because we have always done this. I do this in a way beyond religion. I do this in a way of culture

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned… —W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming

Priests, altars, victims, swam before my sight.

?s I've mentioned many times, sitting through graduation ceremonies is one of life's drearier milestones.

We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more.

If there was anything any Radchaai considered essential for civilised life, it was tea.

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 with this joining our families are joined, too. And you had damned well better respect that.

Uh - do you want to do it outside? "Frequently. Oh, you meant the wedding. That, too.

anthropologists speak of ritual leadership and ritual space.