Quotes About Tradition

Telling scary stories is something people have done for thousands of years, for most of us like being scared in that way. Since there isn't any danger, we think it is fun.

Japón es un país que sabe lo que significa volverse loco

Classicism never commits any errors of taste.

Nous avons chacun une vieille mère, qui n'est pas forcément notre mère de sang, mais que nous vénérons pour des motifs immémoriaux

You don't think I'm going to deflower you under your father's roof, do you?

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really weaken that sense of identity if you celebrate two religions.

If we deny our culture and become nothing and everything, that weakens us.

Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the weaker sex; it's perhaps an acknowledgment of women as the stronger sex.

When I get back to Derry I always enjoy a good fry-up that my mum makes. That's my big weakness. I also eat too much chocolate.

Chinese people like to do things with a low profile; they do not like to expose their wealth.

If you go into the old covenant, do you think that the Jewish people believe that you should be broke? They believe in wealth.

Corporatist attitudes against capitalism came to the fore in the 1920s. Corporatists, with their conservative values, hated the invasion of towns and regions by new businesses, upsetting traditional ways, wealth and status.

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth of African culture.

Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain.

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.

The trimmings of wealth are not as important to me and my generation as they were to my parents' generation.

In terms of the Japanese royal family, they were considered the direct descendants of a god. They are regarded as all-powerful and possessors of unimaginable wealth, and yet they are, more often than not, literally prisoners of tradition.

In the tradition of national income accounting, economic policymakers have typically focused on variables such as income, wealth, and consumption.

I wanted to explore what all this new-found wealth means for the different generations of Chinese who have to live together in this place that is transforming at warp speed into the richest country on the planet.

I think the tradition of philanthropy is far better developed in the U.S. than in India, as is the whole notion of giving away 50% of your wealth while you are still living and not waiting till you're gone.

Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For most, meals were informal, a kind of rolling refueling; often only the men sat down.

In the United States, the wealthy have a tradition of charity. But in Germany, the rich say, 'We pay taxes. It's enough.'

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.