Ritual is to the internal sciences what experiment is to the external sciences. Votes: 3
Timothy LearyI try to work every day, even when I'm not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. Votes: 3
Mel RamosRitual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories. Votes: 3
Miller WilliamsRitual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self. Votes: 3
Richard LeakeyRitual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out. Votes: 3
Christina BaldwinRituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. Votes: 2
John LennonFeeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat. Votes: 1
Gina GershonMetaphor is ritual sacrifice. It kills the look-alike. No, metaphor is homeopathy. Votes: 0
Rae ArmantroutDecoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper. Votes: 0
Ettore SottsassTea-making is a ritual that, like the drink itself, warms the heart somehow. Votes: 0
James Norwood PrattIn the end, the gesture of painting becomes almost meditative, like a ritual. Votes: 0
Shahzia SikanderChinese restaurants have long been a weekly or monthly ritual for many Americans. Votes: 0
Jennifer LeeMechanical reproduction emancipates the work of art from its parasitical dependence on ritual. Votes: 0
Walter BenjaminAmnesia may well be the highest sacrament in the great gray ritual of existence. Votes: 0
Thomas LigottiTo many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. Votes: 0
Phillip AdamsThe gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly. Votes: 0
Ray BradburyIn ancient times the ritual, mythological and doctrinal aspects of spiritual space were predominant. Votes: 0
Tom TurnerWhere do we live symbolically? Nowhere except where we participate in the ritual of life. Votes: 0
Carl JungA prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual. Votes: 0
Paulo CoelhoThe whole dating ritual was different when I was a kid. Girls got pinned, not nailed. Votes: 0
Bill MaherSex is not some sort of pristine, reverent ritual. You want reverent and pristine, go to church. Votes: 0
Cynthia HeimelWe seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion. Votes: 0
Benjamin CardozoI believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have. Votes: 0
Rita Mae BrownThe only [working] ritual is making tea. I use the loose leaves and drink it by the gallon. Votes: 0
Stephen KingIt was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy. Votes: 0
Edna FerberDo nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best. Votes: 0
Gore VidalMy morning ritual is to get up and feed the dogs, take my daughter to school, and come home. Votes: 0
Richard Dean AndersonI had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. Votes: 0
Ahmet ZappaMy morning ritual is to get up and feed the dogs, take my daughter to school, and come home. Votes: 3 Richard Dean Anderson
When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force. Votes: 2 Anne-Marie Slaughter