Quotes About Tradition

Culture in general is important, and people's identify is tied up in it. It's how we connect with others.

More than anything, a lot of our family's history is tied to food. It's just one of those things.

I have never tied my hair in a bun and I rarely wear a bindi.

My dad has sayings for days. 'You bloom where you're planted' ties into farming, but it also sums up the ideals and morals that we have as a family by staying in Firebaugh.

I like bow ties, and I certainly spent a lot of time defending them.

I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.

I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.

The more ties you wear, the higher rank you are.

My father hails from Shantigrama in Hassan, but my family moved to Bengaluru. Even though I was born and raised in Bengaluru, I have strong ties with my roots.

I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.

Indian clothes are usually tight.

Traditionally, skaters tend to tie their skates very tightly. I tend to just tie my foot down, then in the ankle area, I tend to keep it loose. It gives me better mobility. But also, you're relying on your own strength as opposed to resting on the boot.

When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion.

[That faith is catholic] which has been believed always, everywhere, and by all.

People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.

In the tradition of warriorship, to celebrate moment to moment is called discipline. Discipline is not a sense of oppression or being punished; it is freedom from our own self-perpetuating laziness.

When someone once asked me just what it was that my parents did that made me believe in God, without even thinking I said, "I think it was French toast on Saturday mornings and coffee and Celtic music and discussions and candlelight in the evenings . . ." Because in those moments I tasted and saw the goodness of God in a way I couldn't ignore.

Whether you're an old or new brand, you can draw on mythology, as long as you present it in a new way.

The proverbial hospitality of the South may be selectively extended but it is not a myth.

I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.

No people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on the time.

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.