Tradition Quotes · Page 28

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

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

— Ted Rall

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

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

— Bjork

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

— Steven Strogatz

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

— Elie Wiesel

Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid…

— Ellen Kushner

Education does not mean knowledge (gyan) only, it also contains a life within it; it is not an arrangement, it is a…

— Narendra Modi

I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma…

— Bob Stoops

The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human…

— Mitt Romney

I was part of the sort of avant guard tradition of John Cage and music concrete and pushing back the boundaries of…

— Anne Dudley

I always ask any of the artists that open up if they know 'Family Tradition', since that's my last song in the…

— Hank Williams Jr

People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about…

— Neko Case

Every religion ... has rituals, practices, holy writings or traditions, etc. Nothing like that has ever developed from Atheism. There are no…

— Darrel Ray

The spirit of tanka interests me more than following rigid conventions. As I understand it, the tradition allows a variety of approaches,…

— Harryette Mullen

In the Confucian tradition is a simple formula that appeals to me deeply: 'If there is righteousness in the heart, there will…

— Eknath Easwaran

When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story…

— Brian Fallon

“...tradition helps man discover his true conscience and dignity; it allows a man to awaken his metaphysical essence and to accomplish his…

— Raido

In order to teach a course in the history of Western religious thought, I had to do a great deal of research…

— Jacob Needleman

When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when…

— Richard M. Nixon

Our debt to tradition through reading and conversation is so massive, our protest so rare and insignificant-and this commonly on the ground…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

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

— Jonathan Ive

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

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

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

— Sean McDermott

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

— Giordano Bruno

Tottenham Hotspur is a great club with a strong tradition and fantastic support, both at home and throughout the world.

— Andre Villas-Boas

I know as a nation we are stronger because of our immigrant tradition.

— Brad Schneider

To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism

— Eboo Patel

My dad always associated information with liberation. He was very much in that Malcolm X tradition.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the nineteenth century.

— C.P. Snow

Through all of our various Christmas traditions, I hope that we are focused first upon the Lord Jesus Christ. Wise men still…

— Russell M. Nelson

“Even if another tradition goes against our own convictions, it has its own reason for being, in the support it provides for…

— Dalai Lama XIV

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.

— Deepak Chopra