Tradition Quotes · Page 31

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

— Channing Tatum

Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely... call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.

— John F. Kennedy

My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that…

— Gloria Steinem

Tradition does not mean to look after the ash, but to keep the flame alive.

— Jean Jaures

The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.

— Brennan Manning

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights…

— Anonymous

But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom, More honored in the…

— William Shakespeare

I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

— Robbie Williams

Many of us knuckle-dragging brush-painters think that 'behind the times' is part of our job description. Why deny ourselves the authentic journey…

— Robert Genn

People say modernism killed poetry for them: it doesn't rhyme, it doesn't touch a popular musical oral tradition. Years ago, you memorized…

— Campbell McGrath

“The Dolly's around here can't be seen to coddle a snitch's family --- that's the always been our way. We're old blood,…

— Daniel Woodrell

The US Constitution serves the same function as the British royal family: it offers a comforting symbol of tradition and continuity, thereby…

— Joseph Sobran

People don't understand why guys keep coming back, why a lot of older players who played for the Celtics keep coming back.…

— Rasheed Wallace

We always think from where we come from. We always think from the sources that shape our understanding. I think about the…

— Tariq Ramadan

There is a long and honorable tradition of citizens in service to their nation that goes back at least as far as…

— Tom Clancy

Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things…

— Sakyong Mipham

The good news is that there is strong movement in this direction of shifting from domination systems to partnership systems. Over the…

— Riane Eisler

In every human society of which we have any record, there are those who teach and those who learn, for learning a…

— Margaret Mead

Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to…

— Bill Bonner

It is also an absolute mistake to believe that the State can be anything other than a civitas diaboli if it does…

— Julius Evola

In a world in which we are exposed to more information, more options, more philosophies, more perspectives than ever before, in which…

— Nathaniel Branden

I cannot help but wonder whether, by continuing and expanding the school lunch program, we aren't witnessing, if not encouraging, the slow…

— Charles Mathias

Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of…

— Kenneth Rexroth

President's personal staff has a unique role. They're his intimate personal advisers, and the tradition and the precedent has been, even when…

— Colin Powell

“Sometimes when you're losing someone, you hang on to whatever tradition you can.”

— Mitch Albom

Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition.

— David Gross

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

— Jeffery Deaver

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

— Nicolas Cage

One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.

— Greg Graffin

No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.

— Felix Riesenberg

I see myself in [the] tradition of encounter and witness - a witness that sees the photograph as evidence.

— Susan Meiselas

People have converted - and all because they've fallen in love with the richness, the depth and the tradition of the Catholic…

— Jonathan Roumie

“From now on, every Christmas, let's have a tradition where we eat soup out of a can by the fire.”

— Cindi Madsen

I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.

— Emeril Lagasse

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of…

— Sharad Pawar

As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration.

— Laura Nyro

My daddy - whenever he wanted to teach us a lesson, he'd tell us a story. It's an Old South tradition.

— Leslie Jordan

First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

— Alethea Kontis

If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?

— Philipp Meyer

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

— Irving Kristol