Culture Quote by Barbara Tober Download Open image ““Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. ”” — Barbara Tober ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture
When you look at traditions closely, examine what they really are, you realize they're made up of layers and layers of deferrals, delays, indecisions,… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
“Traditions are seldom lies; traditions reflect people’s deepest beliefs and customs. They have their own truth,” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Traditions are the inventions of people who mean to routinely put love and comfort and meaning into their lives and in the lives of… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you get the problem back. Sometimes… — Donald Kingsbury Copy Share Image
“Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.” — Deepak Chopra 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 other issues,… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
“To know how to avoid the cliche, to know what tradition you are pushing forward, begins with knowing what that tradition is.” — Blake Snyder Copy Share Image
“Traditions are just nonsense that binds, and whilst the nonsense might take on a different hue, the binding is universal.” — Vinay Patel Copy Share Image
“Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders.” — Alice Albinia Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
