Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical...

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Quotes by Abigail Adams

I used to listen to 'Woman's Hour' every morning, but I've discovered that I can't have words on when I'm working.

Quotes by Abi Morgan

Of all the mediums, theatre is the one where you really need to have something to say - because it's just you, the words, and the space.

Quotes by Abi Morgan

Words hold tremendous power, and if we don't reclaim our language and start seeing people instead of 'militants,' drone victims instead of 'bug splats,' or natural splendor instead of 'green infrastructure,' then the voiceless are destined to be silenced forever.

Quotes by Abby Martin

It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can't spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready...

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

I find young people talk about what they want to do, which is great because you get to form the words, but its also like, you gotta just get in there.

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

I might see something on TV and get inspired to write about it. I can't sit down and plan to write. It has to come to me in my head like someone telling me the words.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

Quotes by Aaron Copland

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Quotes by Aaron Copland