Quotes About Customs

And I don't want to miss the tea when it's still hot. I have never been able to understand why you English wait to drink your tea when it's lukewarm.

No one should have to walk down a church aisle with a bouquet of flowers unless she was the bride, already had been the bride, or was too young to be the bride. Otherwise, it was just cruel.

I don't really know if I would consider myself anything in particular. I would say I'm inspired in a Hasidic way, but I certainly don't keep all the customs and rules I once did.

Las costumbres de una nación tienen repercusión en su lengua y, a su vez, la lengua es la que en gran medida hace a la nación.

Los fundadores, ya se sabe, eran campesinos: gentecita humilde que traía del campo sus costumbres, como rezar el rosario, beber aguardiente, robarle al vecino y matarse por chichiguas con el prójimo en peleas a machete. ¿Qué podía nacer de semejante esplendor humano? Más. Y más y más y más.

The future treaty which you are discussing has no chance of being agreed; if it was agreed it has no chance of being ratified; and if it were ratified, it would have no chance of being applied. And if it was applied, it would be totally unacceptable to Britain. You speak of agriculture which we don't like, of power over customs, which we take exception to, and institutions, which frighten us. Monsieur le president, messieurs, au revoir et bonne chance.6

Traditions and customs which had lasted for centuries did not die out in a moment.

In Giappone poi, che in qualche modo, anclhe nella maniera meno diretta, rappresenta lo stato, quindi l'imperatore , è investito in maniera maggiore o minore d'un carattere nettamente numinoso. Dinnanzi a lui ci si inchina profondamente, passandogli vicino si guarda per terra, magari tirando su col fiato con quel caratteristico sibilo che indica imbarazzo e reverenza, definito da Pierre Loti "un sifflement de vipère" .

Do not expect me to fall in with the evil customs and ways of the world. I am in Rome, but I will not do as Rome does. I am an alien, a stranger, and a foreigner. My citizenship is in heaven.

Why is it that every nation considers its own customs reasonable, and those of other nations amusing?

I don't know if it's because they're protective of their daughters or not, but all the men eat together, boss and employees included, and the women eat whatever is left. I don't like it; I think a family should eat together.

It is not meet that the strong, free limbs of manhood should be fettered by the silken threads of ceremony.

Atticus said: "Sister, when you stop to think about it, our generation's practically the first in the Finch family not to marry its cousins. Would you say the Finches have an Incestuous Streak?" Aunty said no, that's where we got our small hands and feet.

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties.

Are we really going to accept the situation where the government of Lithuania has more power over our trading relationship with the Commonwealth than our government does? That is the reality of the customs union.

I've studied my culture deeply and I'm very aware of my tradition.

Something I'm going to try to really instill in my own family is a lot of tradition. And, I used to have a lot of superstitions, and then I realized that it was kind of hogwash. Once I let go of them, I relaxed a lot.

I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

St. Louis has a lot of weird food customs that you don't see other places - and a lot of great ethnic neighborhoods. There's a German neighborhood. A great old school Italian neighborhood, with toasted ravioli, which seems to be a St. Louis tradition. And they love provolone cheese in St. Louis.

The Russian people have their own cultural code, their own tradition.

It's not in the tradition: not even the schoolkids have hot lunches in Norway. They bring a couple of sandwiches from home.

From my own perspective, I value productivity more than tradition, but the customs of the House evolve slowly.