Tradition Quotes · Page 14

We have a rich tradition when it comes to Black folk... using their influence to effectuate real change.

— Jasmine Crockett

The discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race.

— H. P. Blavatsky

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

— Candace Parker

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

— Harold MacMillan

We always had to play the game and play for the team. It is a Kent tradition.

— Frank Woolley

It is a priority of my administration to continue New Hampshire's long tradition of Environmental Conservationism.

— Chris Sununu

I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

— Tilda Swinton

Campaign promises are - by long democratic tradition - the least binding form of human commitment.

— Antonin Scalia

I like the sentimentality of 'Miracle on 34th Street' and all those movies, and there actually is a tradition of Christmas comedies,…

— Matthew Broderick

Before I could lose my courage, I said, "Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?" I…

— Rick Riordan

There is a long tradition of pungent living in the South. It was wonderful to have that imprinted on me so early…

— Sissy Spacek

God has graced every tradition with insight into the divine mystery, from the most primitive to the most sophisticated-each has a gift…

— Bede Griffiths

The nation no longer stands for the enlightenment tradition, but rather for military-political hegemony and the total commodification of life.

— Morris Berman

These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call…

— Michael Polanyi

If you set up an atmosphere of community and trust, it becomes a tradition. Older team members will establish your credibility with…

— Mike Krzyzewski

My love of storytelling comes from oral tradition, the stories from my grandmother and conversations with [my] mother. The world is full…

— Lucrecia Martel

There are no conservatives in the United States. The United States does not have a conservative tradition. The people who call themselves…

— Noam Chomsky

What matters at this stage is the construction of local forms of community within which civility and the intellectual and moral life…

— Alasdair MacIntyre

Once again it is peaceful at Augusta National Golf Club, after some rather ugly stand-offs in recent years, when the club balked…

— Frank Deford

I want to speak in the tradition of rhythm and blues and soul music, but also push how it's dressed and how…

— Kelela

In The Jack Daniels Sessions, folktales and modern landscapes collide, exploding and reforming in the form of an intriguing and intelligent collection.…

— Cat Rambo

Even those who identify themselves as libertarians follow an overtly anti-rationalist philosophy, as even a brief acquaintance with the work of Friedrich…

— Philip E. Agre

Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean,…

— Linda Colley

“Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in…

— T.S. Eliot

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.

— Anonymous

“That’s it?” “That’s it. And then you jump in. It’s all just tradition. I mean,”

— Lev Grossman

I kind of always made it a tradition, whenever Dream Theater played Toronto, to play a Rush cover.

— Mike Portnoy

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.

— Richard Rogers

Change does not come easily to our party, in spite of its roots in our country's radical tradition.

— Wes Streeting

Shambhala is a Buddhist tradition with its own unique view and approach.

— Sakyong Mipham

In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy.

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century.

— Mark Twain

It is a Chinese tradition that everyone has to be in everyone else's life.

— Yiyun Li

Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in…

— Zubin Mehta

I'm actually in a tradition of classicists with a big public face who like sounding off.

— Mary Beard

We can have reasonable, thoughtful gun control measure that I think respect the Second Amendment and people's traditions.

— Barack Obama

Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition.

— John O'Donohue

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so…

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

— John F. Kennedy