Custom Quotes

367 quotes by 274 authors

In the custom of mourning, the fabric of the night had been ripped, revealing a star at each tiny tear. — Jodi Picoult
You cannot attain #â€Ž mastery by patterning yourself after another or by following custom or tradition. Sheep do that. Masters and leaders never do — Roger McDonald
Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in… — Thomas S. Monson
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. — Mark Twain
An Eskimo custom offers an angry person release by walking the emotion out of his or her system in a straight line across the landscape;… — Lucy R. Lippard
It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind… — Pope Gregory VII
If you simply take the name of Christ upon you and call yourself His servant, yet do not obey Him, but follow your own whim,… — Charles Spurgeon
That wild beast which lives in man and does not dare to show itself until the barriers of law and custom have been removed, was… — Ivo Andric
It is an old custom of these people to pick up a stone and toss it on the pile. Perhaps it is a symbolical lightening… — Louis L'Amour
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. — Christian Nestell Bovee
There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone… — Roger Bacon
Vegetables when not sufficiently cooked are know to be so exceedingly unwholesome and indigestible, that the custom of serving them 'crisp' should be altogether disregarded… — Eliza Acton
. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that for this reason… — Vincent de Paul
I have heard that M. Guesdon is dictating lessons to his seminarians. This is contrary to the custom of the Company and a somewhat ineffective… — Vincent de Paul
The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That's how Abu Ghraib should be handled. — Rand Beers
Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom — Edward Sapir
I'd see the bus pass every dayâ€¦ But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was… — Rosa Parks
It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness. — Herodotus
Theatres, actors, critics and public are interlocked in a machine that creaks but never stops. There is always a new season in hand and we… — Peter Brook
Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest — Michel de Montaigne

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