Tradition Quotes · Page 30

Mickey Mouse to me means safety, comfort and tradition. A general wash of happiness.

— Phillip Schofield

I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.

— Matthew Desmond

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.

— Anonymous

You don't need fancy highbrow traditions or money to really learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.

— Anonymous

I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions.

— Cosima Spender

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

— Steve Earle

As a Member of Congress, I've continued my family's tradition of focusing on education.

— Mark Kennedy

In India, tradition is paramount. Husband-wife relationship is okay. They do not allow girls to go out.

— Dutee Chand

What does homophobia look like when it's stripped bare of fancy costumes like family values and tradition? It looks like that group…

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

You're making the grant of affection, forbearance, mercy, out of your own experience and, of course, out of cultural tradition. You're saying,…

— Wendell Berry

We have learned so well how to absorb novelty that receptivity itself has turned into a kind of tradition- "the tradition of…

— Richard Hofstadter

English football has an enormous following across the world, not just because of the players but because of its history, its tradition,…

— Fernando Torres

“Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add,…

— Jaroslav Pelikan

I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I…

— Aimee Mullins

The first time I went on a serious run was when I was 21 years old at Stanford University. From 21 to…

— Sterling K. Brown

The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to…

— T. S. Eliot

“[...] a familiar art historical narrative [...] celebrates the triumph of the expressive individual over the collective, of innovation over tradition, and…

— Grant H. Kester

Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary socialist background... Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and…

— Richard Pipes

In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a different stamp; some of them survivors of…

— Karl Marx

Moscow, Rome, London, Paris stay in place. Leningrad and New York float, spreading all their sails, cutting space with their prows, and…

— Nina Berberova

Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is…

— Frantz Fanon

One of the many reasons I love living in New York is that we get a front row seat to the innumerable…

— Marlo Thomas

One of my greatest inspirations for stand-up was Jonathan Winters. He was a genius. One thing about him, and also Lenny Bruce,…

— Robert Klein

“The order never varies. Two slices of bread-and-butter each, and China tea. What a hide-bound couple we must seem, clinging to custom…

— Daphne du Maurier

“Men will always create new arenas for honor if traditional rituals fade.”

— Joel Dinerstein

Italians have famously low levels of trust in their government, and a tradition of medical hoaxes.

— Anne Applebaum

No, traditions and norms aren't rules in the Constitution. There's a difference between a tradition and a law.

— Rick Santelli

I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.

— Rob Lowe

The competitions are as much a part of the tradition as the actual dances.

— Eddie Murphy

I hope maybe I'll be in a Christmas movie that becomes part of someone's holiday tradition.

— Lacey Chabert

I have a certain tradition here at the GQ awards. Every year I pick the best-looking man and bestow upon him my…

— Ksenia Sobchak

Duke basketball, that tradition and what it means to the school, is pretty neat.

— Daniel Jones

Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.

— Alice Walker

As the spiral of modern art history continues to wind down, we can see the increasing demand for tradition in the visual…

— Igor Babailov

If you plan on continuing a tradition, it might be a good idea to find out just what tradition it is that…

— Pat Metheny

I consider Birmingham a proper football club; the tradition and support base that fits the club.

— Chris Hughton

No practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us.

— Hillary Clinton

I know some people like to follow the tradition, and that's who they are. That's not me.

— Maxine Waters

Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

— Benjamin Zephaniah

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes…

— James Russell Lowell