Laitila Kartta Quotes & Sayings

[Ritual] dwells in an invisible reality and gives this reality a vocabulary, props, costume, gesture, scenery. Ritual makes things separate, sets them apart from ordinary affairs and thoughts. Rituals need not be solemn, but they are formalized, stylized, extraordinary, and artificial. In the name of ritual, we can do anything. We can do astonishing acts. In the end, ritual gives us assurance about the unification of things. — Barbara Myerhoff

Every game is an away game. Sometimes its hard to keep up with real life. — Beth Mowins

The meaning of life ... I think the meaning of life is, I think it's love. — Julie Benz

The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation. — J.M. Coetzee

The brazen throat of war. — John Milton

I hate menus, I hate choosing food. I just want to be brought. Bring me dinner! — Hugh Laurie

I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm Asian. But I thought it was sort of cool to embrace the Korean half of me, which I love. — Priscilla Ahn

After I finished my master's degree, I moved to a company called Aerospace Corporation, a big think tank for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office. — Gwynne Shotwell

My friend Paul Ryan talks about fiscal responsibility, but voted to put two wars on a credit card. — Steny Hoyer