Quotes About Tradition

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.

The spinning wheel is as much a necessity of Indian life as air and water.

I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

I've grown up watching football my whole life.

As for waxing, I've never waxed in my life and I never would. I'm extremely Welsh, so I draw the line at removing body hair.

Believe it or not, countless generations of children finished their supper before the advent of Kraft Mac & Cheese and ice-cream sandwiches.

Slow cooking is one of the oldest methods of cooking.

In Truk, located in the Marshall Islands, people have traditionally believed in an outer world that corresponds in some ways to our modern conception of outer space.

I named him Poodle, beginning a long tradition of functional pet naming.

Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. [Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]

Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. [Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]

Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't sing cheap hymns. With us it was Handel and Palestrina.

Established churches not infrequently formed an alliance with the aristocracy , joining arm in arm against change.

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights - even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down

You're dropping the bow hand as you release," he called, although Halt certainly wasn't. His mentor looked around, saw him, and replied pithily, "I believe your grandmother needs lessons in sucking eggs.

My father replaced the handle and I replaced the head,' he said. 'But otherwise, it's completely original.

The northmen seemed to have a love for setting big fires, whether they were burning down villages or just sitting around having a drink.

Iedereen noemt zijn schip dezer dagen maar naar vogels. - Erak

I believe your grandmother needs lessons in sucking eggs.

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When a Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a Forsyte died — but no Forsyte had as yet died; they did not die; death being contrary to their principles, they took precautions against it, the instinctive precautions of highly vitalized persons who resent encroachments on their property.

I don't think a really good pie can be made without a dozen or so children peeking over your shoulder as you stoop to look in at it every little while.

Ritual isn't a New World strong point.