Tradition Quotes · Page 22

Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.

— Peter Brook

As a music man, the musical tradition in Ireland is incredible; I could listen to it for hours.

— Noah Reid

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.

— Bertrand Russell

We Hindus have a long-recognised tradition of being religious liberals by nature.

— Subramanian Swamy

If you try to copy something exactly you won't get it correct, because you don't share the same tradition and context.

— Michael Craig-Martin

In Celan's words a Jew is "a man with a little book under the shoulder." We are the keepers of tradition.

— Zygmunt Bauman

When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also…

— William J. Clinton

My parents were teetotalers and my grandparents were - it's all the way back. It's New English puritanical tradition.

— Penn Jillette

Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue…

— Leslie Fiedler

Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a…

— Franklin Foer

I have been able to watch the Clintons and The Clinton Foundation; Al Gore and what he did post-losing the whole Florida…

— David Mandel

I was never interested in the two-party system per se. I was interested in how authority was abused by government, and how…

— Jules Feiffer

I briefly flirted with some of the new age offerings available in the early '90s and found strength in Buddhism, but ultimately…

— Linus Roache

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

— Walter Benjamin

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

Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious…

— Dalai Lama

Vermont tradition is based on the idea that group life should leave each person as free as possible to arrange his own…

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu…

— Wangari Maathai

One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. You can always move forward, cross a…

— Isabel Allende

America does not hold to the colonial tradition. America came, liberated Afghanistan from the Taliban and al-Qaida, came to an arrangement with…

— Ahmed Rashid

I'm conscious of the fact that I'm sort of a bridging figure. I have my Chinese literary heritage and cultural background, so…

— Ken Liu

There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization.…

— Kurt Hahn

I did not love cold harmony and perfect regularity of organization; what I sought was variety, mystery, tradition, the venerable, the awful.…

— Russell Kirk

Marvel has this tradition, and I think that Sony has this tradition too, of hiring directors for Spider-Man who are dramatic directors.…

— Amy Pascal

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Why did tradition always insist that ignorance was the optimum state for important transactions involving women?”

— Curtis Craddock

I know that [Sunday is the day you spend with your family] is a tradition that I want to keep alive and…

— Karla Souza

Different cultural and geological references inspire the collection as seen in ancient tribes and tradition,

— Lubov Azria

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

— Anonymous

Spain has some of the richest culinary traditions and truly appreciates food that is simply prepared with top-notch ingredients.

— Emeril Lagasse

I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.

— Anne Carson

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

— Douglas Adams

There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

— Jim Harbaugh

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

— Nicolas Cage

Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition.

— David Gross

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

— Jeffery Deaver

“Sometimes when you're losing someone, you hang on to whatever tradition you can.”

— Mitch Albom

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of…

— Sharad Pawar

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

— Laura Nyro

People have converted - and all because they've fallen in love with the richness, the depth and the tradition of the Catholic…

— Jonathan Roumie