Quotes About Tradition

When you win something, if you don't have that mentality that comes from a tradition of always winning, the built-in demands of a big club, there's always a small dip.

For many years, I've wanted to do one, and I've always mentioned it to the chieftains, and they would say things like, 'Oh well. Christmas albums don't sell,' and things like that. But that's not the point. Christmas albums are important. The music is important. The season is important.

I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads.

I'm Hispanic - don't mess around with my coffee. Leave my beans alone.

There was always Marmite in our house. Don't mess with the Kiwis and their Marmite; it's serious stuff.

All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food.

There are certain songs that are sacred. People want to hear them just as they are in their head; they don't want you messing around with them. And then there are some other songs, if they've been around a long time in our set list, that I think we can take some creative liberties with.

Having a pitch clock, if you have ball-strike implications, that's messing with the fabric of the game. There's no clock in baseball, and there's no clock in baseball for a reason.

My dad started off in scrap metal, real men doing men's jobs.

As a writer given to the old formalities of rhyme and meter, I sometimes feel endangered these days.

I grew up in the United Methodist Church, and church was always a very big part of my growing up.

I like to adapt some of the traditional dishes from my childhood from both NZ and Samoa using British ingredients and European cooking methods.

When people think of Mexican music, they most often think of mariachi, and that, of course, is one part.

I wanted to infuse my music with Mexican character.

California is full of Mexican culture and Mexican music.

I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.

Every Christmas, I cook an elaborate Mexican dinner.

Mexican fighters have a great tradition. They come to fight, and they don't back down.

Us Mexicans - we love boxing.

I wanted the music to sound, like, made in Mexico. I wanted to connect to my roots.

My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.

In Mexico, this idea that fathers go away is really deeply accepted because, for so long, so many men have had to leave to work in the United States.

In Mexico, where I grew up, women rule the kitchen. They control everything that happens; they hold the power.