I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions. — Cosima Spender Copy Share Image
“Discrimination is discrimination, even when people claim it's 'tradition.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
“The oral and folk traditions were often ignored, or even denounced as superstitious, because they did not fit the Western norms.10” — Rajiv Malhotra Copy Share Image
“Traditions brings continuity to one’s existence, but this sort of continuity is precisely what has been increasingly lost throughout modernity.” — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen Copy Share Image
“…religious traditions build up meaning only over time and in a communal context. They can’t be purchased like a burger or a… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“(But does time honour things? Sabine would teach me to ask. How? Why? And if it does, ought it to go on… — A.P Copy Share Image
I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions. — Dana Goodyear Copy Share Image
“Alderaan had any number of traditions about braids, about who wore them, and when, and why. The customs varied from continent to… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
“We live in this bubble of ignorance. Most people know nothing about history, or the historical context of the traditions they still… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“When all you have to face life situations with the attitude forced on to you by society traditions, you will then regret… — Sameh Elsayed Copy Share Image
“Liberals tend to view traditions, policies, and morals of past generations as arbitrary designs put in place by less enlightened people. Because… — John Hawkins Copy Share Image
Everyone sort of thought their familys way of doing things was better and each family felt like their traditions of family were… — Florence And The Machine Copy Share Image
Traditions cannot themselves, simply with their own powers, do what needs to be done. These earlier experiences and accomplishments were dealing with… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life, and to… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking… — Gayl Jones Copy Share Image
In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently… — John Wycliffe Copy Share Image
“MOTHER TIME: Every New Year is the same. Every day, every second is too for that matter. But when we deliver them… — Hillary DePiano Copy Share Image
Some people think that English poetry begins with the Anglo-Saxons. I don't, because I can't accept that there is any continuity between… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, we were Africans involved in a unique lexicon of beliefs, lore, stories, and customs that were designed to… — Stephanie Rose Bird Copy Share Image
“Better than those mobile phones the young ones check hundreds of times a day which makes them go mental She’s read about… — Bernardine Evaristo Copy Share Image
“The witch is a dangerous person. Neither his appearance nor his behaviour betray his satanic nature. He does not wear special clothing,… — KAPUSCINSKI RYSZARD Copy Share Image
Party and ideology routinely trump institutional interests and responsibilities. Regular order - the set of rules, norms and traditions designed to ensure… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
“Traditions that cease to evolve render themselves irrelevant or obsolete. And what's the problem with inventing new performance practices? Are customs being… — David Cutler Copy Share Image
The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've brought the traditions from Spain to the United States: spending the afternoons with my husband and my son, enjoying the little… — Paz Vega Copy Share Image
Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“There must always be a secret to be unwrapped at Christmas—that’s the rule” — john j geddes Copy Share Image
Since I was a child I didn't like conforming to the various rules pertaining to rituals and traditions. — Tanushree Dutta Copy Share Image
Traditions insist upon themselves. Look around, and you will see them trying to exist everywhere, in everyone's life. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Manchester United has a rich heritage and we recognize our responsibility to live up to its great traditions and values. — Joel Glazer Copy Share Image
It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share Image
That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our… — Fernando Flores Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things. — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Other people's traditions look charming and decorative and exotic. They're nice places to visit on holiday, but you wouldn't want to live… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start. — Jeremy Denk Copy Share Image
Creating traditions in the blended family promote unity and a sense of belonging. — Diane Greene Copy Share Image
Archaeologists have made discoveries that challenge fundamental traditions of Judaism as well as those of Christianity and Islam. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
