Quotes About Tradition

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.

It was sort of assumed, from the time I was born, really, that I would go to college. That's sort of the way that Jewish families in New Jersey handled things; that was the norm.

For us in Asia, fermented, bubbly, creamy things are just the norm.

In Tamil, three-hour films are normal.

We go to the banya, the Russian spa. And you go into the sauna, which is really hot, much hotter than a normal sauna, and then they beat you with branches.

We came from an era when women normally did not rock.

Normally, I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the festive spirit. I'm not a Scrooge. But when I was growing up, Christmas didn't begin until mid-December.

When Elizabeth II was crowned - the sixth female monarch since the Norman conquest - the world lit up in her favour.

As all of us know, health is deeply intertwined with culture: what we eat, how active we are, how much we sleep. These are rooted in cultural norms.

Growing up in the north, it was natural for me to absorb the Punjabiness around me. I like their way of living, their large-heartedness. I know no other way.

When I get some time off, I like to go back to my roots in the North East. My family have been around Northumberland for five generations.

Barbecue is to North Carolina as the hot dog is to New York.

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving.

North Korea is a very Confucius country. We respect the elders, the hierarchy. It's not like America where anyone can step up and do things, we have our tradition.

In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.

I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flannel or jean shirt.

When you work in Norway, you actually have to have a contract about lunches because Norwegians don't eat lunch normally, so they just throw out a loaf of bread and some coldcuts.

For me, food is all about nostalgia.

Soon, nostalgia will be another name for Europe.

When a film engages a lot of family members, then automatically a sense of nostalgia works for them. That once upon a time they were a part of a joint family.

In time, foods such as hamburgers and ice cream became more than just meals. They became part of American history and culture, touchstones that are almost immediately nostalgic and sentimental no matter how old you are or what part of the country you are from.

I believe with baking there is a certain nostalgic fix.

To be in the South in my first big job was very nostalgic. There is an energy to the way we do things in the South.

I'm not the number-one fan of the heavy holiday meal. And also, I didn't grow up eating them, the traditional Western holiday meals, so it's just not something I have a nostalgic relationship to.