Quotes About Tradition

The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and god fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world.

An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear his weekday clothes on the Sabbath.

I don't really miss God but I sure miss Santa Claus!

Every big leaguer and his wife should teach their children to pray, God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, and God bless Babe Ruth.

Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

I like a decent funeral, and God knows in my family we've seen enough of them. Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.

For God's sake build not your faith upon Tradition, 'tis as rotten as a rotten Post.

God always does His new things in the same old way.

The determining bulk of Scotch people had heard of golf ever since they had heard of God and often considered the two as of equal importance.

The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.

If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles?

I was taught in my religious upbringing to spell God with a dash, G-d. But now my dash is pink.

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

Every great tradition has told you that you were created in the image and the likeness of the creative source. That means that you have God potential and power to create your world.

The rights of Englishmen are derived from God, not from king or Parliament, and would be secured by the study of history, law, and tradition.

I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.

Spiritual growth is the gradual, I would say, transition from a God of tradition to a God of experience.

if god had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.

Der Papst ist der einzige Konzern-Vize, der seinen Chef nie zu sehen bekommt. Nicht einmal bei der Weihnachtsfeier.

When I was five my parents bought me a ukulele for Christmas. I quickly learned how to play it with my father's guidance. Thereafter, my father regularly taught me all the good old fashioned songs.

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

Only one thing is certian about coffee.... Wherever it is grown, sold, brewed, and consumed, there will be lively controversy, strong opinions, and good conversation.

Good shoes - they're the ultimate finishing touch. In fact, we actually joke in my family that your shoes have to be shined before you can leave the house.

Voodoo is a very interesting religion for the whole family, even those members of it who are dead.