Tradition Quotes · Page 32

Tradition is the thief of power. There is no area of our lives where that theft is more evident than in the…

— Rod Parsley

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit.

— Aristophanes

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

— Bong Joon-ho

Luckily, however, life doesn't always follow tradition, but craves out a path of its own.

— Anonymous

I belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation...

— Elie Wiesel

Throughout history, we have only moved forward when society has distinguished between traditional values and valueless traditions.

— Jared Polis

We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.

— Chogyam Trungpa

The genuine values in America arose from rational thought and breaking with tradition, not from blind allegiance to dirt and cloth.

— Stefan Molyneux

For President Donald Trump, questions about transparency start with his taxes, and why he's breaking with tradition and not releasing his returns.

— John Yang

The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but…

— Khalil Gibran

It's very common in Iceland, this music-making and artistic expression by non-professionals. The brass band tradition is not as big, but there…

— Johann Johannsson

There is a tradition in America of people in business not only commenting on the way the government is being run but…

— Lloyd Blankfein

From the Fourth Amendment to post-Watergate reforms to the national outcry when Bush's warrantless surveillance was revealed in 2005, the United States…

— Ari Melber

There's a kind of training, when you are sitting in a session in the Japanese tradition or any of the Buddhist traditions,…

— Anne Waldman

There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something…

— Christian Slater

Western philosophers gained access to Asian and African traditions initially by noting similarities and differences. But that, as A.C. Mukerji, of Allahabad,…

— Jay L. Garfield

Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm…

— Deepak Chopra

As long as there's a place for sundials and gardening and beautiful things, there's a place for the harpsichord. I completely reject…

— Mahan Esfahani

John Carmack, who has become interested in focusing on things other than game development at id, has resigned from the studio. John’s…

— Tim Willits

Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do…

— Laurence J. Peter

I'm fortunate in that I've grown up in a worshipping tradition which is quite rich musically (and music is very important to…

— N. T. Wright

The avant-garde has always existed throughout the history of mankind. The good things from the avant-garde last and eventually, after many years,…

— Ferran Adria

We are beset by problems and if we look for their source, we find they arise because of our selfishness, because we…

— Dalai Lama

Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis left for Amsterdam an Andy Warhol fellow, and came back with a film in her pocket. Please support…

— dream hampton

Ultimately, my more significant agreement is with a virtue tradition that features Aristotle and Descartes.

— Ernest Sosa

Simon is clearly in the tradition of romantic archetypes, your Darcys, your Heathcliffes.

— Rege-Jean Page

It's a tradition in Islamic society to issue pardons at the end of Ramadan.

— Hooman Majd

“A man in a kilt carries his heritage on his hips and courage in his heart.”

— Haider Ali Bajwa

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.

— Deepak Chopra

Tradition and conscience are the two wings given to the human soul to reach the truth.

— Giuseppe Mazzini

The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn't betray it I'd be ashamed of myself.

— Noam Chomsky

The De Bernieres were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.

— Louis de Bernieres

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.

— Allan Bloom

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

— Vladimir Putin

Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.

— Nancy Pelosi

Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them.

— Franz Marc

I don't want to make films that are constantly pleasing the audience, it is not my tradition.

— Vijay Krishna Acharya

If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.

— Martin E. Marty

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

A refusal of nature as a model is a tradition that goes right back to Oscar Wilde.

— Todd Haynes