Customs Quotes

252 quotes by 216 authors

The customs of the Jews are base and abominable and owe their persistence to their depravity. Jews are extremely loyal to one another, always ready… — Tacitus
We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can… — Richard V. Allen
Greek customs such as wine drinking were regarded as worthy of imitation by other cultures. So the ships that carried Greek wine were carrying Greek… — Tom Standage
If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he… — Herodotus
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select… — Herodotus
All governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination's utterances. — Unknown Author
The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of… — Blaise Pascal
If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are… — Eddie Rickenbacker
Moral philosophy is nothing else but the science of what is good, and evil, in the conversation, and society of mankind. Good, and evil, are… — Thomas Hobbes
Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not… — Jean-Georges Noverre
America ... where laws and customs alike are based on the dreams of spinsters. — Bertrand Russell
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of… — Washington Irving
The only possible basis for a sound morality is mutual tolerance and respect: tolerance of one anotherâ€™s customs and opinions; respect for one anotherâ€™s rights… — A.J. Ayer
Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. No one man,… — Thomas Sowell
Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs. — Unknown Author
Mythology is the study of whatever religious or heroic legends are so foreign to a student's experience that he cannot believe them to be true.… — Robert Graves
Love is only surpassing sweet when it is directed toward a mortal object, and the secret of this ultimate sweetness only is defined by the… — Franz Rosenzweig
Although Customs and Border Protection analyzes cargo and other information to target specific shipments for closer inspection, it still physically inspects only a small fraction… — Mike Fitzpatrick
The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe-whether we are orthodox, conservative,… — Herman Wouk
Jews are the intensive form of any nationality whose language and customs they adopt. — Emma Lazarus

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