Tradition Quotes · Page 23

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition…

— Kyle Kuzma

It's a proud tradition we have of a diverse representation from the Maryland congressional delegation.

— Kathy Szeliga

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

— Anonymous

The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.

— Bret Stephens

“[T]he craft of science . . . is an oral tradition as much as a written one.”

— Konstantin Kakaes

There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition.

— William F. Albright

India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.

— Mahatma Gandhi

After an interval of two and a half centuries, the tradition of mystic illumination renewed itself in Italy and Germany.

— James Mark Baldwin

I love spending time with my family and friends during the holidays, and my favorite holiday tradition would be the pozole that…

— Becky G

I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And…

— Barack Obama

If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who…

— George Orwell

When I was little, my dad told me about Anandpur Sahib and the court of Guru Gobind Singh. That we came from…

— Rupi Kaur

I always emphasize that it is much safer and better to keep one's own religious faith. The other major religions are thousands…

— Dalai Lama

Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far…

— Jerry Bridges

I had a bunch of different colored hats I wore. When I started wearing a pink one, we won five or six…

— Karch Kiraly

We are programmed by our past beliefs, which we inherited from our parents, our cultural traditions sometimes, and our social conditioning.

— Deepak Chopra

Tobias Buckell combines old world with new in his novel CRYSTAL RAIN. While the rich cultures, drawn in part from Caribbean history…

— Karin Lowachee

“Singers say ‘tradition’ when they don’t want to explain.” “It’s more than that.” Wik shook his head, struggling for patience. “It’s about…

— Fran Wilde

My father has developed a tradition of surprising us at some point by appearing in fancy dress. He buys a new costume…

— Pippa Middleton

Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate, while I still have to speak…

— Anonymous

Americans, more than any other culture on earth, are cookbook cooks; we learn to make our meals not from any oral tradition,…

— John Thorne

One reason which I find particularly fascinating about Israel is this. There is no such thing as a Jewish civilization. There is…

— Bernard Lewis

“The philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre has developed a concept of ‘living traditions’, which suggests that traditions are entirely distinct from consensus and a…

— Svend Brinkmann

The Tax Court is independent, and its neutrality is not clouded by prosecuting duties. Its procedures assure fair hearings. Its deliberations are…

— Robert H. Jackson

When we were first creating the look of 'Kung Fu Panda,' we wanted to pay tribute to the beautiful tradition and culture…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to…

— Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across…

— Richard Lamm

traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy.

— Edith Wharton

Art has arrived at the paradox that tradition itself requires the occurrence of radical attacks on tradition.

— Harold Rosenberg

Alchemy is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter.

— Terence McKenna

According to the Dominant Western tradition, the natural world exists for the benefit of human beings.

— Peter Singer

England's full of cricket tradition. I follow the game there hugely.

— Mickey Arthur

There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. ”

— Barbara Tober

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

— Preston Manning

To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Peace-phobia is the outcome of nationalism and religion; while homophobia is the outcome of traditions and religion.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

— Ezra Taft Benson

The idea that consciousness is the ground of being is the basis of all spiritual traditions.

— Amit Goswami

India has a long tradition of giving that cuts across all sections of society. It is a living legacy that we can…

— Rohini Nilekani