Quotes About Tradition

I think you expect I will say that Western is modern, and that our culture is old-fashioned. But I don't believe that. I don't believe the West equals modernity. The idea is colonialist.

It's curious that the Latin root of the Middle English word for tradition, tradere, means not only to "impart" and "give over," but also to "betray.

The Jewish religion says it's not a child until it's two-thirds out of the woman's body--until the head has completely emerged.

My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too.

This whole pre-criminal investigation, where we watch everybody, all the time, just in case, is really an extraordinary departure from the Western liberal tradition.

Judaism had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of whom were Jewish. It was something I had wanted to do for a long time.

Tom, my husband, who converted to Judaism when we got married, and as a consequence, we were learning about historical conversions to Judaism. Really, every time it pops up, it's very strange.

I love lighting Shabbat candles at the onset of Shabbat. It helps me create a strong and firm demarcation of time.

what was time but a convention, a habit of mind, a custom of dress?

I grew up on a ranch with my father, so he educated us really early on about guns. We used to go target shooting all the time.

Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.

The idea of 'ferie,' or summer break, is a long tradition of which all Italians, including myself, participate. It's a time to relax, reflect and recharge.

My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time.

None of us kids had a middle name. We were lucky we had any name at all. By the time my mother got around to naming one, there was another on the way.

The New Testament is not new anymore' it's thousands of years old. It's time to start calling it the Less Old Testament.

It's an honor to walk in the footsteps of a legend. As host I intend to honor the tradition of The Bob Hope Classic and have a great time blazing a new path.

There has never been a time when there has been no person in Cornwall without a knowledge of the Cornish language.

There's no rational reason why opera should exist. It's expensive, time consuming. Yet in some shape or other it has always existed.

It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

My dad's idea of a good time is to go to Sears and walk around.

There was a time when the young of many clans joined together to make new clans.

Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.

My dad took me to John Kennedy's inauguration when I was 8. We come every time, Republican and Democrat, because of this great country.