Tradition Quotes

1555 Tradition quotes by 1164 unique authors

Our tradition in this country has not been to deny health information to interested individuals when they claim that they can handle it and are… — Robert Shapiro
We should never lose sight of the underlying essence of a market-a place where buyers and sellers come together. Every other feature-whether crafted by tradition… — Arthur Levitt Jr
Come on, it's an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom's homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It's apple pie and Mom's… — L. J. Smith
I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I… — Robert Delaunay
Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to take action, to… — Russel Honore
I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a… — Sharon Horgan
In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas. — Bong Joon-ho
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things… — Etgar Keret
In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
The first opinion the Court ever filed has a dissenting opinion. Dissent is a tradition of this Court... When someone is writing for the Court,… — William O. Douglas
There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability… — Natalie Merchant
When I think of the library of Alexandria and of the fact that, although it burnt down, people continue to sort the letters of the… — Alexander Kluge
To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a… — Elena Kagan
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years. — Hans Kung
There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel. — John Hodgman
Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold… — Adele
The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living. — Karl Marx
Countries under foreign command quickly forget their history, their past, their tradition, their national symbols, their way of living, often their own literary language. — Slobodan MiloseviÄ‡
Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition. — N. Scott Momaday
Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the hearts of people… — Pope Benedict XVI
Even the wisest of mankind cannot live by reason alone; pure arrogant reason, denying the claims of prejudice (which commonly are also the claims of… — Russell Kirk
I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven! — Giordano Bruno
Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society… — Walter Lippmann
I dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but… — Georg Baselitz
The writer's first affinity is not to a loyalty, a tradition, a morality, a religion, but to life itself, and to its representation in language. — Jayne Anne Phillips

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