Quotes About Tradition

You always want to know what happened before you. It's a human instinct to know where you came from and what preceded you.

I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to get really dressed up.

I'm instinctively a Conservative.

We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts.

There is no better institute than Hindu College.

I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.

It's more than a game. It's an institution.

United is no longer just a football club; it is an institution. I feel the demands are beyond one human being.

I don't believe in the institution of marriage.

The institution of religion is important.

I don't think that cinema is bigger than family as an institution.

There were many years when I didn't even know if I wanted to get married. I don't know if I believe in that institution, really.

I would say I have a complicated relationship with institutionalized religion.

Institutions are what allow us to have continuity in civilizations.

We may be coming to a new golden age of instrument making.

My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.

My favorite instrument is a bemrimbau. I play that every night.

The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.

Beer is such an integral part of the Indian culture.

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

I would say the hardest part in the Latino world is approval from your parents. It's such an intense thing.

I'm very interested in Comedia dell'Arte.

In a way, I feel it might be ill-mannered to try and top myself. The music I play is a ritual. Something that matters to people in a special way. I wouldn't want to interfere with that.

I admire those that keep Shabbat every week and do not allow anything to interfere with it. It is such a beautiful way to stay connected to friends and family and force yourself to slow down.