Tradition Quotes

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Prostitution, black marketeering, and informing on ones neighbors and friends all had such a deep-rooted tradition in Romania that there was a charming naturalness and… — Robert D. Kaplan
The urge to break with a tradition is only appropriate when you're dealing with an outdated, troublesome tradition: I never really thought about that because… — Gerhard Richter
When we respect our blood ancestors and our spiritual ancestors, we feel rooted. If we find ways to cherish and develop our spiritual heritage, we… — Nhat Hanh
I decided this early on at Justice: if the traditional way was the most effective way of doing something, then we'd maintain it. But if… — John Ashcroft
Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on. — Gloria Gaither
Education in my family was not merely emphasized, it was our raison d'être. Virtually all of our aunts and uncles had Ph.D.s in science or… — Steven Chu
Within less than an hour, Chuck and I easily located what could well be the correct platform, where we pass the time by perspiring freely… — Dave Barry
Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according… — Mata Amritanandamayi
To Amma, all are Her children. In Amma's eyes no defect of Her children is serious. But when She is considered as the guru, it… — Mata Amritanandamayi
The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . .… — Eleanor Roosevelt
For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come. — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you renew nothing. But… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to… — Aaron Sorkin
I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. — Ken Livingstone
Sometimes tradition is a way of keeping going. — Maxine Kumin
The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. — F. R. Leavis
I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and… — Diane Wakoski
I am the East. I have philosophies, I have religions, who would exchange them for airplanes? — Ameen Rihani
The dead govern the living. — Auguste Comte
Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes, But no meat for men is in thee. — Stephen Crane
The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart. — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue to reflect the… — Leslie Fiedler
Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in… — Terry Eagleton
Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb. — Josh McDowell
We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition where… — Rowan Atkinson

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