Quotes About Ceremony

This pain and suffering. This was my trophy ceremony.

Peasants seldom write letters, and for my father the arrival of a letter was an important ceremony that entailed quite a ritual: the glass of wine for the postman, the close scrutiny of his name on the envelope—mistakes can happen, and you must never open a letter that isn't addressed to you—and then the blade of the knife carefully inserted to liberate whatever the fates had in store.

It was not certain what significance the ceremony held... but the formality was no less sacred for it being unintelligible

Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman, who watched a live television broadcast of an official ceremony in Egypt, saw President Hosni Mubarak warmly shaking the hand of Marwan, who accompanied him in laying a wreath on Nasser's tomb. After

Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Among Trump's first moves as president was to have a series of inspirational photographs in the West Wing replaced with images of big crowd scenes at his inaugural ceremony.

Me gusta esta costumbre de la rúbrica por lo inútil

There are natives of New Guinea who spend more time looking in the jungle for the colorful feathers they use for decoration in their ritual dances than they spend looking for food. And this is by no means a rare example: art, play, and ritual probably occupy more time and energy in most cultures than work.

I don't know nothing about no marriages or nothing. I ain't even never been to a wedding.

I officially declare the opening of the First Danielle Fox Memorial," Abbie pronounced solemnly.

sexual access to the woman is formalized through a public ceremony

Napoleon marched up the aisle with the Iron Crown under his arm and put it on his own head

Just inside the tent, the king, unhelmed, stood with his naked sword in one hand, point resting on the floor, and a goblet in his other.

What a waste and fuss for a bit of water and a few words.

The three women were gracious but remote, dry-eyed players in the royal mummery of Eorpwald and Edwin's grander farewell: the pledges of honor and allegiance between king and overking.

They christened the child, whereat he wept and made a grimace, as though he foresaw that he was to be a titular councillor. In

In Rahel's song, henna was blood and blood was henna.

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The bride and groom stand beneath the Chuppa (bridal canopy), symbolizing their new home, and seven blessings are recited, a cup of wine again being shared. The couple are blessed, and the groom smashes a glass, recalling the destruction of Jerusalem even on his most joyful day.

Marriage ceremony: an incredible metaphysical sham of watching God and the law being dragged into the affairs of your family.

?]ntihar edenlere tören yap?lmaz, böyle intikamc? Tanr?'ya tap?lmaz.

They're good words. Not good enough to welcome a child into the world and into the community. No words are good enough to do that, and yet, somehow, words are needed. Ceremony is needed.

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

The funny thing about getting married in America was that we needed to get a blood test before they'd give us a licence. I wouldn't have been surprised if the bloke from the lab had called back and said, 'Mr Osbourne, we appear to have found some blood in your alcohol.'