Quotes of: Tradition Keyword

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

Jingo

...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Sufism, the "secret tradition," is not available on the basis of assumptions which belong to another world, the world of intellect.

The Sufis

There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.

Myself with Others: Selected Essays

What Shelley's world of Prometheus Unbound really has to fear is not resurrection of Jupiter but the resurrection of John Donne.

Modern Poetry and the Tradition

The leader goes also to the less traditional networking meetings. The manager participates in networking events organized and promoted.

Leader versus Manager

You are my reality, fantasy, daydream, fairytale, music, more than the princess in Cinderella; you are much more than a traditional myth.

Love Quotes

Tradition or not, I sometimes thought putting children on an old guy’s lap was already creepy enough. We didn’t need to mix alcohol into it.

Succubus Revealed

I believe in a traditional wedding, with one guy, one girl, and one dad with a shotgun. 

Sleepwalking is restercise

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

The Shadow of the Wind

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.

Tao of Jeet Kune Do

From now on, every Christmas, let's have a tradition where we eat soup out of a can by the fire.

An Officer and a Rebel

Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values.

Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science

Awareness of mortality exerts a unique power to focus the mind and heart on essentials.

Prayer and Community: The Benedictine Tradition

I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer.

Anne Campbell

To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.

Bill Shorten

I think the editorial page of the Washington Post is the best in the country. I think the editorials - considering it's a liberal town, liberal constituency and from the liberal tradition - I think it's the best editorial page around. It's quite bala...

Charles Krauthammer

I like something simple and traditional, like dinner and a movie. The best way to get to know someone is to have a conversation over dinner. And steak houses have a nice atmosphere - the lights are dim, and they usually have a band playing.

Kevin Durant

I think the best comedy is tragicomic. Yeah, I suppose if you were to look at everything I've done, there is a bit of a black streak through all of it. It's not deliberate: it's what makes me laugh, and there's a fine tradition of it, especially in I...

Sharon Horgan

Google attracts so much talent, it can afford to look beyond traditional metrics, like G.P.A. For most young people, though, going to college and doing well is still the best way to master the tools needed for many careers.

Thomas Friedman

For seven years, I made films in the cinema verite tradition - photographing what was happening without manipulating it. Then I realised I wanted to make things happen for myself, through feature films.

Mira Nair