Custom Quotes

367 quotes by 274 authors

There is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned. — Joseph Wood Krutch
There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men… — Herman Melville
Custom creates the whole of equity, for the simple reason that it is accepted. — Blaise Pascal
Custom determines what is agreeable. — Blaise Pascal
He who does anything because it is the custom, makes no choice. — John Stuart Mill
To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by force.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as… — Arnold Bennett
America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and thehold of ancient custom is endangered by a thousand… — Israel Shenker
I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took… — Alicia Sacramone
Every suit I wear is custom-made by a guy named Waraire Boswell in L.A. — Raphael Saadiq
Individual and national rights to wealth rest on the basis of civil and international law, or at least of custom that has the force of… — Alfred Marshall
After praying, and before eating anything, it is a good custom for everyone to feed one another a small portion of the food. This will… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration… — Frantz Fanon
I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood… — Leon Battista Alberti
We are finally entering an exciting time in medicine where we have the technology to custom-tailor treatment and preventive protocols just as we'd custom-tailor a… — David Agus
I also was a huge 'Dukes of Hazzard' fan. I used to have T-shirts that said 'Dierks of Hazzard' custom-made. — Dierks Bentley
It is a custom often practiced by seafaring people to throw a bottle overboard, with a paper, stating the time and place at which it… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. — John Stuart Mill
I've always assumed that my parents and my in-laws would live with me when I get older and have children. I just assume it will… — Mindy Kaling
The only truly intersting side of the matter was the intimate design of the injury, the fact that it was so penetrating, custom-made exactly to… — Saul Bellow

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