Quotes About Tradition

At its best, [Japanese cooking] is inextricably meshed with aesthetics, with religion, with tradition and history. It is evocative of seasonal changes, or of one's childhood, or of a storm at sea.

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.

Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.

To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost.

The history of skiing is important to me.

I like the course, the history - everything about St. Andrews.

Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey.

The Catholic Church with its foreshortened American history and tangled puritanical roots was as inviolate to my mother and father as it was to the last-ditch aristocrats of Evelyn Waugh.

throughout human history people have scarred, painted, pierced, padded, stiffened, plucked, and buffed their bodies in the name of beauty.

India is a civilization with a history that is thousands of years old.The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.

Regard for the past only extends to its outward forms.

Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has a history. It has a story. It has relationships.

There's never been a culture without poetry in the history of the world.

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.

Serbian history tells that the family is the most important thing and you have to stick with the family.

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

Throughout history, Hanukkah was a relatively minor festival, but it's become very popular in America due to its proximity to Christmas.

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history.

I come from a family that has a long history in the legal community of New York and New York state.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

I always say the best Thai restaurant in Dubai is my home.

But America isn't a country of family values; Mexico is a country of family values. This is a country of people who leave home.