Tradition Quotes

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People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We… — Mary Pipher
This is a serious problem of major concern, and we have got to approach it in a way that is consistent with this nation's tradition… — Janet Reno
Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about… — Louise Fresco
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are… — Richard Courant
We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact, in both the… — J I Packer
We must stop using the Bible as though it were a potpourri of inerrant proof-texts by which we can bring people into bondage to our… — Robert D. Brinsmead
Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance. — Barack Obama
... the more we recruit from immigrants who bring no personal traditions with them, the more America is going to ignore the things of the… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view a rather narrow… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
I need to make an okay living. The people who work for us need to. But after you make a comfortable living, how much more… — Craig Newmark
If we are to live with our feet on the ground, in touch with reality, we must help one another accept the fact that we… — Carter Heyward
It has seemed so strange to me that the larger culture, with its own absence of spirit and lack of attachment for the land, respects… — Linda Hogan
Chinese Americans, when you try to understand what things in you are Chinese, how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities,… — Maxine Hong Kingston
The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It is a miracle… — Malcolm X
Each feminist work has tended to be received as if it emerged from nowhere; as if each one of us had lived, thought, and worked… — Adrienne Rich
If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition in… — Michael Showalter
When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness - a… — Chip Kidd
To all of you I should like to say that in the course of this war you will have to acquire the experience and achieve… — Subhas Chandra Bose
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post.… — Thomas Holcomb

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