Culture Quote by Ramsey Campbell Download Open image ““Tradition is a pretty poor excuse for perpetrating stereotypes.”” — Ramsey Campbell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture
“Tradition is not good simply because it is tradition. It is for what it has given us and only so long as an alternative… — Friedrich A. Hayek Copy Share Image
“Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.” — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Even if another tradition goes against our own convictions, it has its own reason for being, in the support it provides for others.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Traditions are seldom lies; traditions reflect people’s deepest beliefs and customs. They have their own truth,” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it. — Glenn Gould Copy Share Image
“Tradition is not just a word. It's who you are, where you came from and where you will always belong. Never take your eyes… — Wahab Oriyomi Osuolale Copy Share Image
“Unlike the rest he had seen of the bungalow, the hall beyond the door was dark. He could see the glimmer of three doors… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“Leaves that rustled, twigs that scraped and rattled. But the thin shapes weren't falling, they were scurrying head first down the tree-trunks at a… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“Smile while you can,’ Hettie Close had scrawled in ink almost as faded as the print above it. ‘Smile like the skull you’ll be,… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“I nearly forced my own way through the undergrowth to leave the sight behind. I was afraid I'd encouraged the figure to advance by… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“She walked Toby to Victoria Station and left him at the barrier. On her way into the underground she thought he’d followed her, but… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
One way to avoid what has already been done is to be true to yourself. — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the woman was waiting beneath the lamps for cats to drop from the trees, like fruit.” — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“The crying wailed, somewhere beneath the planks. Several sweeps of the light showed that the cellar was otherwise deserted. Though the face mouthed behind… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
Now I rewrite more and more severely, and I take great pleasure in cutting thousands of words out of first drafts; I think that's… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
Thomas Ligotti is an absolute master of supernatural horror and weird fiction, and a true original. He pursues his unique vision with admirable honesty… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“He hurried back. Walls seemed to shift and advance. Right here, it must be. Wasn’t this passage too short? No, it wasn’t a wall… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“All day Ben had felt surrounded by signs too secret to interpret: the dance of decaying leaves in the air, the long shadows where… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image