Family Rituals Quotes

#1. In its effect on family relationships, in its facilitation of parental withdrawal from an active role in the socialization of their children, and in its replacement of family rituals and special events, television has played an important role in the disintegration of the American family.

Marie Winn

#2. I knew that I would speak in the language of the vanquished No more durable than old customs, family rituals, Christmas tinsel, and once a year the hilarity of carols.

Czeslaw Milosz

#3. You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well. I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends.

Katy Perry

#4. There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

Saul Perlmutter

#5. If a woman is old enough to push a ten-pound child through her birth canal, she can hear words like 'penis' and 'cervix.' These are medical terms, Miss Charingford, not obscenities.

Courtney Milan

#6. Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.

Lara St. John

#7. The seventh element is 'consciousness' that raises a human from the basic corporeal state and takes them to super-consciousness.

Girdhar Joshi

#8. I absolutely love religions and the rituals. Even though I don't believe in God, we celebrate pretty much every religion in our family with the kids.

Jodie Foster

#9. Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and guide would be gone; the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!

Henry Ward Beecher

#10. Every Saturday morning, first thing before breakfast, his parents held conferences with their children requiring them to answer two questions put to each of them: 1. What have you learned that is true (and how do you know)? 2. What problem do you have?

Toni Morrison

#11. I have absolutely no rituals or routines other than I work obsessively and think constantly about my work, to the dismay and discomfort of everyone I employ. And my family.

Nick Hanauer

#12. A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

Tea Obreht

#13. Just not a big fan of dogmatic rituals or gatherings. Like I put faith in god, I give a truckload of significance to karma, character and compassion.

Varsha Dixit

#14. My mother used rituals to perpetuate an illusion of family organization.

Patricia Thompson Collamer