Quotes About Tradition

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they leave the individual Justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life.

On a soutenu que le christianisme avait mis fin à l'art antique. Dans une certaine mesure cette opinion peut se justifier. Le christianisme, et aussi l'Islam, à l'imitation de leur père le Judaïsme, répugnent par essence à ce qui fait la beauté de l'Art antique, la plastique.

You know what? From now on, I think I'm going to call you Mister Christmas.

Il est évident que les 'vertus prêchées par les confucianistes, respect, humilité... soumission et subordination aux supérieurs en rang et en âge', renforcent puissamment l'autorité politique et sociale de la caste des lettrés, c'est-à-dire leur propre classe. Cette morale formaliste et traditionnelle a beaucoup compté dans la continuité et l'immobilisme social de la Chine.

Most educated people rightly refused to abandon the traditional estimates of the size of the globe. They could not, therefore, concede that Columbus could possibly have reached Asia, as he still claimed and continued to do until his dying day.

Aquí se arrastran venganzas casadas desde hace generaciones: pasan de padres a hijos, de hijos a nietos, van cayendo los hermanos.

el tiempo barre con todo y las costumbres. Así, de cambio en cambio, paso a paso, van perdiendo las sociedades la cohesión, la identidad, quedan hechas unas colchas deshilachadas de retazos…

You may say, "Oh, no. You can't touch a traditional recipe." But we ask: why can't you? Back in 1350, a vinaigrette was a stew, so we ask, why not? This can be applied to any kind of cooking, and that's the shocking part of it. It kind of bends all the traditions. It's a good thing.

The avant-garde has always existed throughout the history of mankind. The good things from the avant-garde last and eventually, after many years, become tradition and people forget they were ever part of the avant-garde. The kitchen is a living discipline, always evolving, and there will always be cutting edge things that over the years, ends up being part of tradition.

'Twas founded be th' Puritans to give thanks f'r bein' presarved fr'm th' Indyans, an'… we keep it to give thanks we are presarved fr'm th' Puritans.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

Ticker tape ain't spaghetti.

When I announced to my family that I wanted to add an American name, they reacted with their usual laughter. Never one to let mockery or good judgment stand in my way, I proceeded to ask for suggestions. My father suggested "Fifi." Had I had a special affinity for French poodles or been considering a career in prostitution, I would've

I will never understand why most schools in America celebrate Halloween, effectively losing an entire day of education to prepare kids for collecting candy.

And Iranians never forget. You can't say my Aunt Jila's name without someone saying, "You mean the one who burned her rice?" That happened before I was born and even I know about it.

The old woman was the kind who would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree.

While I am alive I shall never be in such slavery as to forgo my own kindred, or forget the laws of our forefathers.

Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.

His Grace called Virginius in and said: "Do you think a priest of the Anglican Communion should be a divorced man with two wives living?" That's the way he talks. And do you know what Virginius said? He said: "Your Grace, if it weren't for divorce, there wouldn't be an Anglican Communion.

In Giappone poi, che in qualche modo, anclhe nella maniera meno diretta, rappresenta lo stato, quindi l'imperatore , è investito in maniera maggiore o minore d'un carattere nettamente numinoso. Dinnanzi a lui ci si inchina profondamente, passandogli vicino si guarda per terra, magari tirando su col fiato con quel caratteristico sibilo che indica imbarazzo e reverenza, definito da Pierre Loti "un sifflement de vipère" .

El matrimonio es criminal porque mata el misterio.

I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives.

Two thousand years ago Jesus is crucified, three days later he walks out of a cave and they celebrate with chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps and beautifully decorated eggs. I guess these were things Jesus loved as a child.