Quotes About Tradition

I've never sent an email to anybody. I believe in keeping the postman in work.

There is this myth, that America is a melting pot, but what happens in assimilation is that we end up deliberately choosing the American things - hot dogs and apple pie - and ignoring the Chinese offerings.

My own personal melting pot has no room for Hendrix or heavy metal, filled as it is with European ancestors such as Debussy, Sibelius, Bartok, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti.

At lunchtime, our kitchen was like a mini restaurant: my grandmother and mother had to cook for as many as 25 people - extended family plus 10 employees. We ate a lot of cabbage and a lot of potatoes.

Roast potatoes - I can't say no. At Christmas, I reach over for the fifth or sixth one, and I think I could keep going until I explode.

I just never saw my mother in any other room but the kitchen. There were always pots going.

My grandmother's house was just a place of comfort. I mean, I remember going in there, and the kitchen always had pots cooking with the lids were always bump, bump, bump, bump, bubbling, you know?

My mum still needs all her pots and pans, so she's not giving me any of hers yet.

My mum and dad worked in the pottery industry.

My mom, she cooks the best pound cakes in the world.

Back in the day, a lot of running backs used to be 230 pounds, ground and pound the ball right up the middle. One thing I pride myself is being able to do what those guys do, as well.

My great-grandfather started in the coal mines, and my great grandmother made 10 pounds of bread every Saturday morning that we delivered to the neighbors. It was always about giving back. These kinds of things drive me to make a difference.

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

I've been into guns ever since I was a little kid, and the ones that fascinate me most are the black powder guns that people used back in the 17 and 1800s.

People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.

When you have very lax parents, you tend to get more conservative kids.

I told my parents that I will marry any girl they choose for me. They also told me that they are open to considering any girl I choose. We were very open about it throughout.

I think the Catholic faith is consistent with the kind of conservatism I believe in.

Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life.

When you're looking back at your ancestral history or the cultural context of your identity, it's natural to search for that in the food.

Our language, history, and civilization shine out across every continent.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.