Conservative Quote by Warren Ellis Download Open image “Tradition:' one of those words conservative people use as a shortcut to thinking.” — Warren Ellis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conservative People Shortcuts Thinking Tradition Use
Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. The average conservative is a… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Some conservatives are traditionalists, and the idea of breaking things up and changing things is concerning to them at times. — Matt Schlapp Copy Share Image
Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach... — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy. — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
I view myself more as a traditionalist than a conservative. But I like the traditions, so I tend to try to keep them alive. But I'm open to any kind of political thought - I don't care - I have people that I don't agree with, and I have good friends I don't agree with, but for me personally, I'm… — Roger Ailes Copy Share
“Furthermore, when conservatives attack the left, they now usually frame their arguments in the language of equality—for example, they often argue that affirmative action… — George Hawley Copy Share Image
I cannot write too much upon how necessary it is to be completely conservative that is particularly traditional in order to be free. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Conservative Mind describes a cast of intellect or a type of character, an inclination to cherish the permanent things in human existence. On many prudential questions, and on some general principles, conservatives may disagree from time to time among themselves; so this book offers a certain diversity of opinions. Yet the folk called "conservative" join in resistance to the… — Russell Kirk Copy Share
In today's impoverished dialogue, critiques of liberalism are often naively called "conservative," as if twenty-five hundred years of Western intellectual tradition presented no other… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views differ from the insufferable, smug, sanctimonious,… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
When I'm working in finite serials, I always think in terms of the entire book rather than the individual episode because, by far, the… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“IT TOOK a conscious effort for Tallow to keep his hand off his gun as he walked up the apartment building’s stairs. There was… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“The ECTs are moving the guns in small batches," Bat said. "We're making them take so many photos that one of them asked if… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“The two most dangerous things in the world are rich people and crazy people.” — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about Apple technology: once you own a piece, you want to use it. — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right,… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“The book is almost always better than the movie. You could have no better case in point than FROM HELL, Alan Moore's best graphic… — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Progressive Conservative candidates from Quebec want to exert real power in Ottawa, not simply be content with playing a secondary role. — Kim Campbell Copy Share Image
Play small ball. Get back to basics. I would say that you need to be a conservative, but you need to maintain your independent… — Andrea Tantaros Copy Share Image
I am a conservative type of person, so sometimes when I'm chilling with myself, people always come ask me, 'What's wrong with you? What… — Wayne Wonder Copy Share Image
In the Tea Party era, it is the restless conservative Republican who has become passion's plaything, the toy of impetuous romance, an erotomania only… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I would say I'm a fiscal conservative and a social liberal, if that contradiction can make sense, because in Bolivia, we have a great… — Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Copy Share Image
My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
To all conservative women out there: If you are so sure the embryo needed for stem cell research are precious human life that can't… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
A faithfully kept program of savings and conservative investments can give you more money and a better life than that of your neighbors who… — Jane Bryant Quinn Copy Share Image
