Tradition Quotes - Page 11

Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb.

The point is there is more information now then you can pass along comfortably in an oral tradition, say a strictly speaking culture. That is a problem.

For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come.

I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.

Tradition is laziness.

Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them.

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

There is no better time than right now to start your own "family tradition" of helping needy children.

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

Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.

Broadly speaking, it is my conclusion that a pretty good guide to most issues of natural law is to look at those areas where you find a consensus in the Judeo-Christian tradition. I think that is roughly, not unerringly, the outline of what I would call natural law.There must be some moral values underlying any civilization; that's my guide.

Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.

Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.

You must be aware that most men (and also not only a few women) are by nature not monogamous. This nature makes itself even more forceful when tradition and circumstance stand in an individual's way.

If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence.

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

It is a Chinese tradition that everyone has to be in everyone else's life.

Not having a New York culinary tradition, far from being limiting, it's an opportunity to create freely.

Virtually every spiritual tradition teaches that your higher self is the presence of God within you.

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 can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions.

The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.

Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.

I make our family traditions a priority.

The most authentic and hallowed Wiccan tradition is stealing from any source that didn't run away too fast