Tradition Quotes · Page 24

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family.

— Bjork

Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.

— Mason Cooley

The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of emergency" in which we live is not the exception but the…

— Walter Benjamin

There was an honorable tradition of using anonymous sources that was ruined by Jayson Blair.

— Ted Rall

Obviously Manchester United's tradition and history speaks for itself.

— Tobin Heath

I see myself writing in the tradition of urban ethnography and in the tradition of the sociology of poverty.

— Matthew Desmond

“Thanks to arranged marriages: There are countless women who have never been their husband's girlfriend.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

— Steven Strogatz

Because I was a woman, I was vulnerable. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was…

— Wangari Maathai

It takes a willful disregard of history to appreciate how white Southerners could look at the Confederate battle flag and see states'…

— Richard Cohen

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are…

— Maxine Hong Kingston

There used to be a tradition within the Hispanic community that, regardless of your political party, you would support undocumented immigrants. That…

— Jorge Ramos

You know, in some ways, the celibacy tradition goes back to the tribe of Levi and, certainly, sacrifice and the notion of…

— Vincent Nichols

I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my…

— Anonymous

Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily…

— Parker J. Palmer

[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very…

— Pico Iyer

I think we've lost the idea that politicians are part of the humanities. And we think of them as part of a…

— Martha Nussbaum

If we look at the last decades, we see that the US rightist-fundamentalist alliance demonized partnership-oriented families and painted women's rights as…

— Riane Eisler

Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature…

— Anna Wintour

Contrary to the myth that the U.K. respects decisions of the Strasbourg court but many other adherent states do not, the convention…

— Dominic Grieve

I travel up and down the country and I've been all around the middle of America for many years. Middle America is…

— Wynton Marsalis

I guess when I was younger, I'd have assumed that in 2008 music would be full of great writers following in the…

— David Berman

There is a calamitous difference between a people who have been immersed in paganism for centuries and a post-Christian society. While the…

— Edmund Clowney

I was interested in a whole range of music that I used to play, popular music -- particularly American music -- that…

— John Renbourn

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

— Elie Wiesel

For many people out there in the world, music is the only thing that gives them relief, so it’s awesome to be…

— Richard Patrick

I am keenly aware that I benefit from a wonderful tradition in the UK of designing and making.

— Jonathan Ive

I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven!

— Giordano Bruno

Really what we've done is establish a tradition in Carolina of playing defense.

— Sean McDermott

There's a certain tradition to the way that you behave in dance, and a certain respect that you give to your elders.

— Neve Campbell

There is no creation without tradition. No one creates from nothing.

— Carlos Fuentes

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

— Gracie Gold

The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it

— Mark Twain

Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow.

— William J. Clinton

Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee.

— Stephen Crane

“Traditions are just nonsense that binds, and whilst the nonsense might take on a different hue, the binding is universal.”

— Vinay Patel

I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven'...it is on…

— Jimmy Page

There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut…

— Wynton Marsalis

The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.

— George Brandis

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

— Stewart Udall