Celebratory Quotes

You get a show where people are jumping up and dancing, but it's not a critical event in the sense of profound catharsis. Essentially it's celebratory. - Archie Shepp

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also the thoughtful preparation of meals, the serving of meals, meals communally shared: a sense of the sacred in the profane. - Joyce Carol Oates

We have planned a variety of celebratory events for (today). We're hosting Triad, business leaders, our (Gateway) board and others at a lunch at the Clarksville Country Club ... and are also holding a reception (tonight) so that members of the medical staff can meet the Triad officials. - Randy Kelley

We definitely didn't want to see those guys putting on [celebratory] hats and T-shirts in our home field. - Renaldo Wynn

There is, in my view, a nice line to draw between what could be described as 'ill-disciplined celebratory fire' and mischievous fire, which is where I suspect we are at the moment. - Michael Walker

The most open, joyous, free-wheeling, celebratory city in the country is broken, hurting, down on its knees. Failing. Begging for help. Somebody turn this movie off; I don't want to watch it anymore. I want a slow news day. I want a no news day. - Chris Rose

The London Conference should not be an occasion for celebratory backslapping, but for rolling up sleeves and making up for past weak performance. The gains made by Afghans are not sustainable without greater international support and commitment. - Sam Zarifi

The designers have transformed a forbidding escalator into a celebratory and wonderfully imaginative ascent. - Amanda M. Burden

The celebratory spirit in Boston is unbelievable, ... But Boston being Boston, the fans aren't really happy unless they have something to complain about, and lately that's been Schilling. - Carlton Fisk

That's where we differ from other families. Food is celebratory. If you are a food-allergic family, you have to completely adapt. - Denise Bunning