In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual. (Quote by - William Robertson Smith)

Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts. (Quote by - J. L. Austin)

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles. (Quote by - Xun Zi)

I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting. (Quote by - Picabo Street)

But, you know, they don't enjoy the dinner hour together. It's just not as much of a ritual at night and it's interesting. I think the ritual is taking place perhaps more in the morning. (Quote by - Katie Couric)

The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that. (Quote by - William Greider)

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. (Quote by - Ahmet Zappa)