Quotes About Tradition

My dad was a strict Muslim. He had a lot of rules.

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.

I went to a school run by Catholic nuns. They were really strict.

I came from a very strict background.

Bluegrass has a very, very strict musical form. Once you start to dilute it, it disappears.

My father is a very strict man.

My parents were very, very, very strict.

I grew up in a very strict Pentecostal household.

I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice.

My dad was always so strict that I was scared to speak to him. Haitian parents are very, 'This is adults' business; this is kids' business.'

My father was very strict.

It is a British legacy that we have such a strict hierarchy that we can't even write a letter to our PM.

My mother was a Gandhian and very strict.

My parents were incredibly strict. My father went through a stage where he'd line us up every Friday and cane our hands if we'd been naughty. And this was mainly to pull my brother into line. My brother is five years older and my sister's eight years older. He would use a little bamboo cane, which my brother saw most of.

Even though my parents raised me in a very individualistic way, they were also strict and traditional, which was good. It was hard to sneak out! I think I was quite wild, but in some ways quite contained.

I'd had a strict religious education.

My character of Ammaji in 'Solhah Singaarr' is that of strict matriarch who adheres to her values.

Parents with a West Indian background tend to be more strict.

Our actions, behavior, speech and for that matter anything that we do should strictly comply with our culture.

When it comes to the New Year, I make it a point to catch my mum and dad awake before the clock strikes 12. Then, I celebrate the night with friends.

We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics.

I believe in the future of country music, but a future without roots is like a kite with no string.

That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn't want to do music full-time. We weren't looking to get rich, which is good, because we didn't. But we went further than we thought we would go. We started that band to celebrate Joe Thompson and the black string band music. That's not really a recipe for commercial success.

All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it.