I do not think that my spiritual apprehensions are as dogmatically cultural as those of many people who have been brought up… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Justin's testimony about becoming a Christian is that he had been searching various philosophical traditions of the time, and then accidentally encountered… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
On Broadway, there is a tradition of the star standing still onstage and singing for three-and-a-half minutes. You can't do that in… — Stephen Schwartz Copy Share Image
Tradition is an aspiration to connect the Self with the Other. One "internalizes" the Other as one acquires a sense of what… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
It's one thing to play football in this league and make a living, but it's a totally different thing to come to… — Julius Peppers Copy Share Image
Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
The American patriots of today continue the tradition of the long line of patriots before them, by helping to promote liberty and… — John Linder Copy Share Image
Both my parents were agnostic. My mother was kind of a Buddhist. She had some spiritual tendencies, but they were kind of… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
There's a way in which all of these grazers at the spirituality buffet are performing a service, because you could argue that… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
The big tradition, I think, is unity. And I have that in mind; and with that, you know, you could break all… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
People always think that loyalty is laudable. People are always saying that we must remain faithful to tradition, to family, to our… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
Once I passed through a populous city imprinting my brain for future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions, Yet now of… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
According to the oral tradition of Witches, we were once the priests and priestesses of a peasant Pagan religion. Members of this… — Raven Grimassi Copy Share Image
“There is ... a great wisdom in our language. It is the embodiment of innumerable experiences of the past. It is not… — The Shaking of the Foundations Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
I think that voodoo as a spiritual tradition has been demonized for so long in popular culture. I wanted to write against… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
The Bible, undoubtedly, is a mixed bag. I don't see myself coming back to the Church. I do like the tradition. If… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
The odd thing about tradition is, the longer it's been going, the more people seem to take it seriously - as though… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It is clear that friendship is by and large crucial to human life. And I believe, in contrast with most of the… — Alexander Nehamas Copy Share Image
Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be… — Robert Teeter Copy Share Image
There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Today, nobody cares about European culture. We have a tradition, a vision, a culture of the past, we have legacy, but we… — Frederic Martel Copy Share Image
The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt… — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Something I'm going to try to really instill in my own family is a lot of tradition. And, I used to have… — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
The tradition piece is so embedded in me I don't know that I can see it any more, but the community piece… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
Yes, of course, black Americans are a special group, and I'm disappointed that they're not Republicans, given our traditions. We're not getting… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
Wimbledon is quite simply the ultimate championship, and I'd be the first to admit it was the one I wanted to win.… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
Ajamu Baraka comes out of the tradition of the African-American intellectuals, the people who really been standing up for African-American rights and… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Everyone understood [Charlie Hebdo], as people had understood for hundreds of years, knowing that Rabelaisian tradition of French satire, they knew how… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
What we have within the Sunni tradition is this clash between the literalists and all the other trends and the Salafi movement,… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
I still have the tradition of Sunday dinners at my house, and I make all kinds of different Italian foods, and there's… — Frankie Avalon Copy Share Image
In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
There are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam actually, as a monotheistic religion, which defined man as a responsible agent by itself, created… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith...So, I'm rooted in the Christian… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The focus in the Western pictorial tradition is on the body of Christ, the bit you can paint, the Nativity and the… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
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