Culture Quote by William Shakespeare

Customs represent the experience of mankind.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Customs will often outlive the remembrance of their origin.

— Thomas Paine

Customs are made for customary circumstances, and customary characters.

— John Stuart Mill

There are not unfrequently substantial reasons underneath for customs that appear to us absurd; and if I were ever again to find myself amongst…

— Charlotte Bronte

The customs of the world are so many conventional follies.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Think how much better it is to criticize conventional customs if you yourself live up to them, scrupulously.

— Sinclair Lewis

There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much…

— Graydon Carter

New fashions (of all sorts) come from unexpected places, not from the arbiters of what's correct.

— Seth Godin

“The times, they are a-changing! What was once defined by tradition, respect, and custom has evolved into a relaxed and casual society. What is…

— Susan C. Young

All I know is that we are loaded down with old and stale stuff - habits, customs, old attitudes already dead and gone.

— Michelangelo Antonioni

Old customs are easy to forget with the flashing of events in our lives. Easy to forget, like the heavy clothing we once wore…

— Craig Childs

You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened.…

— Jhumpa Lahiri