Quotes About Tradition

One of the choice bits of fathering is telling fairy tales in the heel of the evening when the tireless legs have begun to drag a little and the running tongue pauses a bit in its outpouring. Here is fun and sly gleaning of lore and guide posts to pleasant roads and a hint of fine taste. A good story cries out to be told and the art of listening needs to be cultivated as much as the greatly desired gift of telling.

The best of the old stories spoke to the listener because they spoke not just to the ears but to the heart as well.

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.

In vino Veritas. In Aqua satietas. In... What is the Latin for Tea? What! Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.

Tea is a cup of life.

Tea is the symbol of and antidote to civilization.

Is there a point at which every Sunday during the NFL season ceases to make a man feel like a kid on Christmas morning?

America is not just a country, but a way of life.

Be a vintage typewriter in a world full of laptops.

Good wine makes good blood.

Wine wears no breeches.

Wine makes old wives wenches.

Calligraphy, a spiritual art that has been forgotten in favor of an emotionless keyboard.

The Fourth of July, when we get to play our favorite American guessing game — fireworks or gunshots?

Fourth of July — it was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.

A house needs a grandma in it.

There's no place like home... except Grandma's.

Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things.

Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.

On the green they watched their sons Playing till too dark to see, As their fathers watched them once, As my father once watched me...

If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another fight; But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again.

Yesterday was "ground-hog's day" in many parts of the United States, and Candlemas day in many other parts of the world. From time immemorial, it has been a critical day in the affairs of the weather. The character of the second of February is really of much more importance than whether the first of March comes in like a lion or a lamb. The simplest form of the adage is:— If Candlemas day be bright and clear, There'll be two winters in that year.

I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.