Tradition Quotes · Page 33

The round-up is an aggressive tradition. I'm trying to objectively be a steward of the tradition and what it means in its…

— Sufjan Stevens

I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.

— Henri Matisse

Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness.

— Elizabeth Bowen

“Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition.”

— DaShanne Stokes

“That’s it?” “That’s it. And then you jump in. It’s all just tradition. I mean,”

— Lev Grossman

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.

— Anonymous

I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

— Tilda Swinton

Campaign promises are - by long democratic tradition - the least binding form of human commitment.

— Antonin Scalia

I was part of the sort of avant guard tradition of John Cage and music concrete and pushing back the boundaries of…

— Anne Dudley

Central to America's rise to global leadership is our Judeo-Christian tradition with the vision of the goodness and possibilities of every human…

— Mitt Romney

I always ask any of the artists that open up if they know 'Family Tradition', since that's my last song in the…

— Hank Williams Jr

Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid…

— Ellen Kushner

I grew up in a society with a very ancient and strong oral storytelling tradition. I was told stories, as a child,…

— Khaled Hosseini

The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I remember embracing our championship tradition, telling our players that this is what we should expect to be; this is what Oklahoma…

— Bob Stoops

Education does not mean knowledge (gyan) only, it also contains a life within it; it is not an arrangement, it is a…

— Narendra Modi

The real goal of a spiritual tradition should not be ascent, but openness, vulnerability, and this does not require great experiences but,…

— Morris Berman

The strengths landscape architecture draws from its garden design heritage include: the Vitruvian design tradition of balancing utility, firmness and beauty; use…

— Tom Turner

The place where I think social media fails is in showing the knowledge, the tradition of stitching the clothing, of cutting the…

— Giuseppe Zanotti

Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue…

— Ben Bernanke

If our supreme value is the development of the Western tradition - of a man for whom the highest thing in life…

— Erich Fromm

In fact I don't think of literature, or music, or any art form as having a nationality. Where you're born is simply…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

When I teach a new group of students, I introduce some yoga philosophy, but I don't overload them with information. Just enough…

— James Fox

There are a range of women not represented in the Western fairy tale tradition. Husband-beaters are particularly interesting, as well as male…

— Marina Warner

It is a priority of my administration to continue New Hampshire's long tradition of Environmental Conservationism.

— Chris Sununu

We always had to play the game and play for the team. It is a Kent tradition.

— Frank Woolley

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.

— Harold MacMillan

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

— Candace Parker

The discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race.

— H. P. Blavatsky

We have a rich tradition when it comes to Black folk... using their influence to effectuate real change.

— Jasmine Crockett

Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be…

— Stephen Kinzer

“Sacred Tradition predates and precedes Sacred Scripture, but both come from the same source: God.”

— Consumer Dummies

“Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life.” Patricia Briggs.”

— Demetra Angelis Foustanellas

Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.

— Jane Smiley

Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.

— Arthur Hugh Clough

Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.

— Idris Elba

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.

— John F. Kennedy

We know that golf is an ancient game with great history and tradition, but our golf is only 10 years old so…

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition.

— John O'Donohue