Tradition Quotes · Page 25

Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“Religion is about responsibility to a community and a tradition ...”

— Joanna Brooks

Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.

— Max Born

I ended up spending years on a spiritual quest - diving into the world's great spiritual traditions.

— Brandon Bays

We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology

— James Luther Adams

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

— Scott Adams

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

— Zac Posen

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

— Albert Einstein

When you talk about change, you know what makes it really tough for people is on the one hand you've got tradition,…

— Rush Limbaugh

They should forget about tradition and start doing things for the fans, especially women. Have lights flash after a basket. Have uniforms…

— George Mikan

That was my real education in the world - I learned politics, the social and cultural life of India, Hindu tradition and…

— Satish Kumar

“Scripture offers the unique access to the story of redemption and then, in turn, funds tradition, reason and experience, as God's Word…

— Clark H. Pinnock

I'm not a fan of Dylan's music, per se, but I'm not a hater. I like the American folk music tradition, and…

— Mary Katharine Ham

“For a lot of people the tradition is an end in itself, for me the tradition is a place to start from,…

— JP Bean

In Norway, we have a community of people who prefer to use a version of Norwegian that looks very much like lutefisk:…

— Erik Naggum

We don't need to reinvent manliness. We only need to will ourselves to wake up from the bad dream of the last…

— Waller R Newell

Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn't just mean diversity. It means that…

— Bassam Tibi

If our entertainment culture seems debased and unsatisfying, the hope is that our children will create something of greater worth.But it is…

— C. Sommerville

I think there is a lot of continuity between the Jewish and the Islamic traditions. We know this historically, though people don't…

— Ayad Akhtar

The society to which we belong seems to be dying or is already dead. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but clearly…

— Anne Lamott

Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only…

— Louis L'Amour

If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by…

— Michael Leunig

The Latino people in the U.S. and the Mexicans in Mexico need a UFC champion. We have a rich tradition in boxing,…

— Cain Velasquez

Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that…

— Martha Beck

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

— Maurice Maeterlinck

Gujarat is a state which gave shelter to Parsi community who came from Iran; this is not the tradition and heritage of…

— Subramanian Swamy

There is no ideal Christmas; only the one Christmas you decide to make as a reflection of your values, desires, affections, traditions.

— Bill McKibben

Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put…

— Mark Twain

Its tradition that brings us memories. Those are memories that we will always have but now we have the oppertunaty to make…

— Someone On Channel 8

Im not religious, but the tradition, the culture and the history are very important to me.

— Lauren Cohan

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

— Eugene McCarthy

“Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders.”

— Alice Albinia

Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.

— Robert Dallek

All the great spiritual traditions have placed major emphasis upon meditation as a path to personal growth.

— David Fontana

The story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac are nowhere in any other tradition.

— Elie Wiesel

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.

— Elie Wiesel

What makes a good work of art is something that honors certain traditions and breaks with others.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I don't think that comedians have a tradition of trashing the next generation.

— Franklyn Ajaye

Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born...

— Aldous Huxley

I mean, the thing is, is that Britain has got a great tradition of irreverent political satire.

— Ash Sarkar