Observances Quotes

We pointed out [in the letter] that the Supreme Court has never ruled that public schools have to ban the singing of religious Christmas carols or prohibit the distribution of candy canes or Christmas cards or symbols. These are all very lawful observances of a national holiday that, by the way, 96 percent of Americans celebrate. So there's no legal basis for this type of injunction. - Mike Johnson

There are observances of the occasion occurring at the Fed on a modest scale. I'm not surprised that there isn't anything more. - Michael Prell

The President will plan to be part of whatever observances are held upon the return of the bodies to the United States. - PJ Crowley

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts. - Sydney Smith

The deaths of hundreds of people engaged in religious observances is no laughing matter. - Sabiha Khan

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. - Sir Walter Scott

Let him, without tiring, daily mutter the Veda at the proper time, for they declare that to be one s highest duty, ,all other ,observances are called secondary duties. - Guru Nanak

Lee-Jackson Day does not receive equal treatment in Virginia with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. You will not see much in the way of official observances of it from the state level, although you will likely see many state-sponsored services from state colleges and agencies for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. You will see most of your local banks open on Friday, but they will be closed Monday. - Brandon Dorsey