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She was pregnant, of course: pregnant women carried out all the Tribe's sacred rituals. — Peadar O'Guilin

Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral — Arthur C. Clarke

The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites. — Merlin Stone

We stand in black to watch this rite performed, the body in the box, the box in the hole, the dirt on the box. — Johnny Rich

One must observe the proper rites. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping. — Quintus Ennius

For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

You're wise to be cautious. People taking the last rites have a way of dying on cue. — Kurt Vonnegut

Lovers can do their amorous rites by their own beauties — William Shakespeare

A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors. — Chinua Achebe

Especially these days where everything is so polite and so proper, I think that rites of passage are good. — Emile Hirsch

When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals. — Laozi

Your coming to Christ is not for you to fill up the seats or to take part in rites — Sunday Adelaja

The most barbarous and the most fantastic rites and the strangest myths translate some human need, some aspect of life, either individual or social. — Emile Durkheim

While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support. — George Washington

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt. — Niccolo Machiavelli

To me rites of passage through life, that's a wonderful, beautiful thing. — Lance Henriksen

Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be
counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites
are paid. — Ovid

It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel. — Robert Hughes

We reject the teaching that God will reinstate the temple and its rites and ceremonies. Heb. 9:1-10, 28. — Anonymous

I'm only interested in rites of passage stories. — Pete Townshend

These are used solely for Blood Rites. (Leo)
Is that like special ed? (Susan) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong. — Bob Hope

JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion. — Ambrose Bierce

It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that are celebrated anywhere in the world. — Steve Earle

Bigamy is two rites that make a wrong. — Jacob Braude

Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites. — William Shakespeare

Donnez-moi la main! I see we worship the same God, in the same spirit, though by different rites. — Charlotte Bronte

Sometimes decent people must do indecent things. — John Hennessy

Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave. — Nancy Gibbs

I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence. — Aeschylus