Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in… — Keith Henson Copy Share Image
Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance?… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
From our human experience and history, at least as far as I am informed, I know that everything essential and great has… — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
For everyday, we like Beaujolais, Grenache or Syrah, and we like a lot of it! It's a family tradition: We would never… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
“Now she has lived long enough to know that cutting up women is a sport older than cricket but just as popular… — Mohammed Hanif Copy Share Image
Gershwin's melodic gift was phenomenal. His songs contain the essence of New York in the 1920s and have deservedly become classics of… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
The novel tradition is the closest thing I have to a religion, and being a part of that tradition means a lot… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centres of critique. Since Margaret Thatcher, the role… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Each country has its own particular features, its own traditions that find their reflection today and will find it in future. There… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Hasidism has a tradition that one of man's purposes is to assist God in the work of redemption by "hallowing" the things… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
That's why we sail. So our children can grow up and be proud of whom they are. We are healing our souls… — Nainoa Thompson Copy Share Image
Muhammad sets the model for being a good statesman. He also sets the model for being a good warrior, for chivalry, of… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Holland we have always viewed Villa as an important club with a tradition of being powerful in Europe when I was… — Ronald Koeman Copy Share Image
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I would want to conceive of philosophy as grounded in the very long humanist tradition that is the best of the West,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given… — Pat Oliphant Copy Share Image
I do not come bearing a party label on my sleeve - or a quick fix in my back pocket. I do… — Ted Kulongoski Copy Share Image
Denzal Sinclaire embodies the tradition of the great singers I love like Nat Cole, yet definitely has his own voice. He is… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
The ancient traditions, even Christianity, say God is Love. There is symmetry here. The fundamental step where you get into this transcendent… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man's relationship with nature, about the climate, about nation-building, cultural struggles, friends and enemies, alliances,… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
The music in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is very much hand-picked specifically because it's our history and our traditions. The themes… — Karla Souza Copy Share Image
We must accept all the implications of our human inheritance, one of the most important of which is the small scope of… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
The safest course was actually the simplest-do nothing at all and hope everything turned out for the best. It wasn't a great… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic,… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
For the anointed, traditions are likely to be seen as the dead hand of the past, relics of a less enlightened age,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense… — Peter Davison Copy Share Image
The flux of life is pouring its aesthetic aspect into your eyes, your ears - and you ignore it because you are… — Mina Loy Copy Share Image
Warriorship does not refer to making war on others. Aggression is the source of our problems, not the solution. Warriorship is the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Religious traditions hold enormous value, extraordinary wisdom, breathtaking insights into the human experience, but they are limited to the degree that there… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I want to bring back the pride and tradition long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more importantly, with the people of… — Bill Cowher Copy Share Image