Tradition Quotes · Page 28

The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with."

— Heywood Broun

I feel proud to be a part of rock n' roll and the whole tradition of rock n' roll.

— Ed Kowalczyk

Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.

— Jasper Fforde

Long before writing, people were telling each other stories and the audiobook goes all the way back to that tradition.

— Philip Pullman

I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.

— Mark Shields

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but…

— John Ashcroft

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them…

— Moses Finley

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

— Deepak Chopra

I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to…

— Jean Pigozzi

The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people…

— Evelyn Lauder

Furthermore, I think there was, in fact, a celebration of Passover in the era of the Judges in which the epic was…

— Frank Moore Cross

Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going…

— Michelle Obama

For 180 years, we voted in English. That is the true American tradition, and this amendment is true to our heritage, not…

— Spencer Bachus

I am keeping with tradition today. After I learned of my Golden Globe nomination, I went to the dentist, so today, let's…

— Frankie Muniz

I come from a tradition where the writer writes a play for the actors, rather than for himself, and the dialogue is…

— Lee Hall

To marry was to say you believed in the future and in the past, too-that history and tradition and hope could stay…

— Paula McLain

Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest… But, in its less rigorous, popular…

— Wendy Kaminer

I love the idea of carrying on some kind of tradition using some of the artifacts from people that touched my life.…

— Michael C. McMillen

It is not your right—based on YOUR traditions, YOUR customs and YOUR habits—to deny animals THEIR freedom so you can harm them,…

— Gary Yourofsky

I need to make an okay living. The people who work for us need to. But after you make a comfortable living,…

— Craig Newmark

You can't relate to an absolute or it wouldn't be absolute, it would be relative. On an intellectual level, that's easy. However,…

— Robert Thurman

I would argue that the truth of Easter does not depend on whether there was an empty tomb, or whether anything happened…

— Marcus Borg

There is no rigorous and effective deconstruction without the faithful memory of philosophies and literatures, without the respectful and competent reading of…

— Jacques Derrida

A large part of our attitude toward things is conditioned by opinions and emotions which we unconsciously absorb as children from our…

— Albert Einstein

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever.

— Simon Gray

'Neil Young Heart of Gold', that was a valentine to Nashville and country music in the Grand Ole Opry tradition and Hank…

— Jonathan Demme

We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of…

— Bruce Rauner

One thing I love about Christmas music is that it has a tradition of warmth.

— Zooey Deschanel

Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.

— Norman Jewison

When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition.

— Letty Cottin Pogrebin

There's something very fine and lucid and rich in this tradition of the English actor.

— Roger Rees

Everybody loves Wimbledon, with all the tradition and everything else.

— Angelique Kerber

We are our culture and tradition; if there is no culture or tradition we are no one.

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

Christianity in the Middle East is shattered. The ancient faith tradition lies beaten, broken, and dying.

— Jeff Fortenberry

Early Christianity, like Roman-era philosophical traditions, laid emphasis on everyday behavior, about how to live your life.

— Larry Hurtado

The artistic reward for refuting the received national tradition is liberation. The price is homelessness. Interior exile.

— C.D. Wright

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

— Roy Barnes

As an outsider, when you think of Indiana, you think about a place that not only has championships but a championship tradition.

— Kelvin Sampson

In Russia, we have a long tradition of compassion for people who have been put into labor camps or prison.

— Lyudmila Alexeyeva