Tradition Quotes

An ancient tradition declares that every idiot blunder we pass into law will sooner or later redound to Athens' profit.

I think the myths are keeping us limited to, and tied to, what I would call the hyper-masculine tradition. All the major religions in the world have been founded by men and propagated by men.

My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is.

Games were moved to New Year's Eve as part of a plan by college football executives where they want to create a tradition of watching football on New Year's Eve.

I love the tradition of changing gowns throughout the reception. I know it's a little extravagant, but why not - it's your moment.

Filibuster has long tradition, but used to harm civil rights.

I am a Christian. So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith...So, I'm rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place.

American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders.

The tradition piece is so embedded in me I don't know that I can see it any more, but the community piece is one I've been in danger of losing.

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity in or near it.

To implement a new sport aside your tradition takes time. You definitely need a strategy for the entire country. You need highly qualified coaches for all regions that work with the same concept.

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.

I was a bullfighter. I'd like to see the tradition continue. I'm sorry that Catalonia is robbing itself of a tradition that belongs in Catalonia.

The Army War College has been a tradition in central Pennsylvania for years.

I keep up the tradition, the zydeco.

If Donald Trump is one thing, he's a disruptive force who has never met a tradition and precedent that he doesn't want to disrupt.

The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati.

The Gothic tradition was begun by Ann Radcliffe, a rare example of a woman creating an artistic style.

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 alternatives.

The Sparks have always been committed to success and making the right moves to build upon their rich tradition in the WNBA.

There is no creation without tradition. No one creates from nothing.

Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the man's job to propose and both of you think that's awesome.

There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction.

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

I like you and your book, ingenious Hone! In whose capacious all-embracing leaves The very marrow of tradition 's shown; And all that history, much that fiction weaves.

Where I come from, there were traditions with my race and whenever you faced a curve in life, there was always a tradition.

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.

Warriorship does not refer to making war on others. Aggression is the source of our problems, not the solution. Warriorship is the tradition of human bravery, or the tradition of fearlessness.

I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show.

People love the traditional pantomimes and I don't think we need to disregard that tradition.

Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.

I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions.

Im not from the States, so Thanksgiving, for me, was never a huge tradition.

One of the traditions of film acting is a sort of mumbled realism. Be minimal, and do less. 'Even less than that.'

Linda Brewer's example is inspiring, colorful and potentially very funny. Her journey also exists firmly in the Heartland tradition of American success stories and comedies.

The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity.

The word is important in Native American tradition. You speak the path on which you walk. Your words make the trail.

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself.

The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and security in the face of all passing strains and stresses.

Italian style for me is to have a sense of tradition, respect for one's roots, and a sartorial approach.

The Dies tournament is always hard. We look forward to it every year from a competitive level. This is one of the biggest highlights of our season. This tournament has excellent tradition.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

The ancients had a term in the mystical tradition called the Akashic Records, which was suggestive that nature didn't lose it's experience, that the information accumulated was available forever.

And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble tradition.

This whole pre-criminal investigation, where we watch everybody, all the time, just in case, is really an extraordinary departure from the Western liberal tradition.

Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech.

Precepts, conventions - above all traditions - have no value in art.