Quotes About Tradition

All I can say is that we cannot shut our eyes to Western culture if that is not going to suit ours.

In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.

We've got so much Korean culture and so much Western culture in us.

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism.

When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.

People used to respect royalty to an insane extent that doesn't exist nowadays. These people never shouted. They never moved, really. Their effort was minimum. They were the most powerful people, but they were just calm.

It's Alabama. They've been the powerhouse. The face of college football.

I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.

I'm from a Cuban family, so we're used to talking really loud. You come to a Cuban restaurant anywhere in Miami, and we're practically screaming at each other.

I was practically raised with Christmas music.

Shakespeare is practically our only link with the classic and the past. The future of education has much to do with whether we will be able to cling to him or not.

If you want to practice Islam in the inconsequential, semi-secular sense, fine.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.

How can we make sure that Confucianism is to be practiced? One must enforce it with power, and to have power, one must have a strong army.

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.

Legacies are built on the practices of your company.

I'm not a practicing Jew but my great-grandparents were. It's part of our family history.

My grandfather was Orthodox, and he was religious, but neither of my parents were. Of course, as they got older, it seems like they get more religious the older they get, even though they're still not practicing Jews.

You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas.

I wouldn't say I am practicing Muslim - I don't go to the mosque or anything, but it's part of my identity.

My great grandfather was the last practicing Jew in my family. He died in 1982.

In our religion, there are people who might be conservative about practicing dance after marriage, but I don't want anything or anyone to come between me and my dance.

I spent 18 years in a small Mennonite town in the middle of the Canadian prairies.