Tradition Quotes

1555 Tradition quotes by 1164 unique authors

The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition. — Charles Rosen
John Carmack, who has become interested in focusing on things other than game development at id, has resigned from the studio. John’s work on id… — Tim Willits
Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states. — Jane Smiley
I keep up the tradition, the zydeco. — Boozoo Chavis
You know the slow-motion walking shot in 'Reservoir Dogs?' That was in the Tommy Udo tradition. That strut, that way of wearing your suit, is… — Tom Folsom
A Pretty Mouth is a fine and stylish collection that pays homage to the tradition of the weird while blazing its own sinister mark. Tanzer's… — Laird Barron
Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly, but my dad… — Katie Leung
People are going to wake up to this great reservoir of music we've created in America - cakewalks, one-steps, boogie-woogie, country and western. I had… — Johnny Otis
Where I come from, there were traditions with my race and whenever you faced a curve in life, there was always a tradition. — Chaske Spencer
Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since… — Francis Arinze
The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and… — Evelyn Lauder
The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live… — Khalil Gibran
The historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones, but with a feeling that the whole of… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Creativity is rich with unexpected possibility. Know-how is mere fragmented mechanics which lacks tradition. — John O'Donohue
Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. — William Butler Yeats
Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which the… — Irenaeus of Lyons
To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men, their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism and religious dogmas. — Brock Chisholm
We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots, ties,… — Paul L Wachtel
O Eternal Father, we commend to Thy protection and care the members of the Marine Corps. Guide and direct them in the defense of our… — Henry Knox Sherrill
The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies. — Walter Weyl
Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought. — Stephen Jay Gould
I cannot help but wonder whether, by continuing and expanding the school lunch program, we aren't witnessing, if not encouraging, the slow demise of yet… — Charles Mathias
Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors. — Idris Elba
It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit… — John F. Kennedy
It would be foolish to despise tradition. But with our growing self-consciousness and increasing intelligence we must begin to control tradition and assume a critical… — Albert Einstein

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