Traditions Quotes

483 Traditions quotes by 408 unique authors

The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . .… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb. — Josh McDowell
An action movie should, like any other, follow the narrative traditions of literature. That means there should be subtlety, a slow build and a gradual… — Shane Black
I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me. — Anne Carson
The Indians have such strong traditions and aesthetics, and the people are beautiful, as are their goods. — Georgina Chapman
We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me:… — Roman Coppola
I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating… — Hope Davis
In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om was the seed… — Jay Griffiths
If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions. — Maud Adams
The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living. — Karl Marx
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
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 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
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
Co-operating critics comb the studios like big-league scouts, prepared to spot the art of the future and to take lead in establishing reputations. Art historians… — Harold Rosenberg
We can't really waste our time; we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious traditions point in… — David Steindl-Rast
There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild. — Ben Okri

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