Tradition Quotes · Page 18

I'm not a traditional country artist, but I do think I'm in the tradition of people like Jim Reeves and Marty Robbins.

— B. J. Thomas

Shakespearean fish swam the sea, far away from land; Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand.

— William Butler Yeats

In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.

— Sxip Shirey

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.

— Abraham Lincoln

When we have broken our god of tradition, and ceased from our god of rhetoric, then may God fire the heart with…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature.

— Plutarch

An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.

— Ed Parker

I would love to have been a painter in the tradition of the surrealist painters who I admire so much.

— J. G. Ballard

I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of…

— Jesmyn Ward

In terms of the Japanese royal family, they were considered the direct descendants of a god. They are regarded as all-powerful and…

— Kathryn Lasky

The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why…

— David Novak

The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to…

— J. B. Bury

Tradition has to be retaken by the liberal forces, so that they can show their values of tolerance and democracy not as…

— Steve Inskeep

The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine…

— Ezra Taft Benson

To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Our atheism family tradition is traced to a - I don't know if it was great-great or a great-great-great grandmother who was…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The Church received from the apostles the tradition of giving baptism even to infants. The apostles, to whom were committed the secrets…

— Origen

Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander…

— Adam Davidson

I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side; and though it…

— Henry David Thoreau

The only form of revolution beneficial to the people is one which destroys the entire state to the roots and exterminates all…

— Sergey Nechayev

Virginia Woolf wrote, "Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword." On one side of that…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Because everybody who has ever lost their way in life has felt the nagging insistence of that question. At some point we…

— John Green

Everybody has their own way of remembering and every culture has their traditions. When you compare the similarities and differences to other…

— Edward James Olmos

I decided this early on at Justice: if the traditional way was the most effective way of doing something, then we'd maintain…

— John Ashcroft

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

— Jay-Z

I love the tradition of changing gowns throughout the reception. I know it's a little extravagant, but why not - it's your…

— Austin Scarlett

Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today [it] is the only way to really land musically…

— Alan Menken

Our sport probably has the best history and tradition of being engaged in international competition.

— Gary Bettman

The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods.

— Georgina Chapman

I believe history and tradition is something solid and something we can rest on. I am not crazy about putting new spices…

— Jacques Torres

“They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet, we live our lives based on dead men's tale.”

— Abhijit Naskar

With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.

— Hanna Rosin

There's keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pebbles on the shore Under the receding wave.

— William Butler Yeats

I suppose there's a particular kind of efficiency about coming from a theatre tradition. You don't make a fuss, and you're cheap.

— Roger Allam

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

— Minnie Driver

One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.

— Harold Ford, Jr

Baseball is better with tradition, with history. Baseball is better with fans who care.

— Theo Epstein

I send my mom money so she can call me before and after every game. It's our tradition. Have to talk to…

— Demaryius Thomas

Assimilate all you can from tradition and then say things in your own way.

— John French Sloan

I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

— Jesse Helms