Quotes About Tradition

I can see how some people get sentimental about how we used to do things in 'the good old days' but in a way I just think they are being nostalgic for the way they were brought up.

The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

One of the things we in the Reformed tradition are very good at is writing doctrinal theology!

I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.

I come from a good family. I come from a faith-based family.

There can be no good art that is international. Art to be vigorous and gesund must use the material at hand.

If that was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.

Our greatest heritage is intangible.

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

You know, it was only a generation ago that actors couldn't be buried in the churchyard.

The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast but never sinks.

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day.

Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.

We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not; and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.

My great grandma always told me to drink a lot of milk because it's good for the skin.

The Arab and the camel are inseparable. It's been said that and Arab would give up his wife rather than give up his camel. Personally, I haven't got a camel, but I think it's a great idea.

Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on!

Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past.