“We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.”
Amy Vanderbilt
“When one rows, it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a demon to move the ship.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Now learn fully from whom all these manes derive their origin, and with what ceremonies they ought to be worshipped.”
Guru Nanak
“Criminal background checks are not perfect and occasionally there's a problem. One child abused is one too many.”
Gregg Shields
“When we first met, we shared a dream. We decided that one day we would like to do a comprehensive study of the most powerful ceremonies that occurred across the African continent, spanning the life cycle from birth to death. We were aware these ceremonies were fast disappearing and we felt an urgency to record them before it was too late. And we've been working toward that for the last ten years in order to prepare our double-volume book.”
Carol Beckwith
