Tradition Quotes · Page 23

“From now on, every Christmas, let's have a tradition where we eat soup out of a can by the fire.”

— Cindi Madsen

I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.

— Emeril Lagasse

I see myself in [the] tradition of encounter and witness - a witness that sees the photograph as evidence.

— Susan Meiselas

One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.

— Greg Graffin

No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.

— Felix Riesenberg

Tradition is the thief of power. There is no area of our lives where that theft is more evident than in the…

— Rod Parsley

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

— Alethea Kontis

If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?

— Philipp Meyer

I still noticed that little streak of rebelliousness coming up in me again - the same sense of dissatisfaction I had felt…

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

There's a grand tradition of a lot of interesting stuff that happens to these post-presidents. Especially in this day and age where…

— David Mandel

Of course, in our country, developing in a region with somewhat conservative traditions, women were desperately needed to be more engaged -…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and…

— Terry Eagleton

In my short experience of human life, the outward obstacles, if there were any such, have not been living men, but the…

— Henry David Thoreau

'Hindu terrorism' is not even a word. By linking Hindu with terrorism, Congress has disrespected the country's culture, tradition, and legacy. It…

— Yogi Adityanath

The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle…

— Kate Chopin

While it may be impossible to 'disprove' the existence of some 'Higher Power' or abstract Creator, it is entirely possible — through…

— David G. McAfee

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

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

— Eknath Easwaran

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

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

— Raido

The Church of Christ, zealous and cautious guardian of the dogmas deposited with it, never changes any phase of them. It does…

— St. Vincent

A necessary part of our intelligence is on the line as the oral tradition becomes less and less important. There was a…

— Wes Jackson

When Zionism becomes co-extensive with Jewishness, Jewishness is pitted against the diversity that defines democracy, and if I may say so, betrays…

— Judith Butler

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

— Irving Kristol

My daddy - whenever he wanted to teach us a lesson, he'd tell us a story. It's an Old South tradition.

— Leslie Jordan

The genuine values in America arose from rational thought and breaking with tradition, not from blind allegiance to dirt and cloth.

— Stefan Molyneux

We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.

— Chogyam Trungpa

Ultimately, my more significant agreement is with a virtue tradition that features Aristotle and Descartes.

— Ernest Sosa

I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation...

— Elie Wiesel

Throughout history, we have only moved forward when society has distinguished between traditional values and valueless traditions.

— Jared Polis

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

— Bong Joon-ho

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit.

— Aristophanes

Luckily, however, life doesn't always follow tradition, but craves out a path of its own.

— Anonymous

Simon is clearly in the tradition of romantic archetypes, your Darcys, your Heathcliffes.

— Rege-Jean Page

Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them.

— Franz Marc

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

— Nancy Pelosi

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

— Vladimir Putin

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.

— Allan Bloom

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

— Noam Chomsky