Quotes About Tradition

You can take a boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of a boy.

How many Thanksgivings do you have left?

Medieval justice was a quaint thing.

The Quakers don't believe in music or art; they think it's a vanity.

My dad was Quaker and a businessman.

Mum was a high-jumper and qualified to go to the Olympics, but it got into the newspapers that she was married to my father, and the church put pressure on her to pull out of the Olympic team, saying, 'You can't be exposing all your legs.' That's how strong the influence of the church was on us all.

We've lost these qualities, these abilities to do something by hand. Some illustrators have it still, but it's just not art. We have photography. We have cameras and computers that do it better and faster.

I'm not convinced that what are traditionally considered to be male energies or qualities or female energies or qualities really have as much to do with gender as many people think they do.

There is an endearing quality in Gujaratis and the way they celebrate their lives.

I'm a Republican, but I like the Queen. Like everyone else, I'm sentimental about the Queen.

I spent my first 10 years in the Commonwealth. I come from cricket, crumpets, cucumber sandwiches, the Queen.

I was prom queen, and the year before, I was prom king. It was kind of the same; you just got a differently shaped crown.

There is a deep affection in Australia for the Queen. And I mean the Queen's been the Queen ever since I was born. I mean she is part of the firmament of Australia's sort of national life; there's a deep respect for her role.

When people think of hats, they think of her majesty the queen.

I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.

A King and Queen can comfort the people in times of grief, and provide a nationalist camaraderie. That is the gift that royalty can give back.

Get picked for an Ashes Test at Lord's and you know you're going to meet the Queen. She arrived before the start of our game against Australia in 2013 and we lined up for inspection like the household cavalry on Horse Guards Parade.

The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small matter of dogma and none of us seemed more religious than anyone else, no one ever questioned the rituals or the basic tenets of belief.

Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions... You follow and obey.

My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like, 'What in the world?' My mom was like, 'What happened?' She had so many questions.

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

The ballet world I don't think is an art form that is quick to change or to adjust or evolve.

I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.

I love the language of, you know, the old black country man with a blues guitar and... boots and the quick banter.