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Tradition Quotes

What we carry forward, and why it matters.

Tradition here is personal and inherited - a performer noting South India's deep arts culture, and a Sikh explaining the religious tradition of never cutting one's hair. Related reading: Family.

Many and subtle are the ideological weapons that the State has wielded through the centuries. Once excellent weapon has been tradition. The longer that the rule of a State has been able to preserve itself, the more powerful this weapon;...

Quotes by Murray Rothbard

There are strengths in Islamic tradition. Islam actually, as a monotheistic religion, which defined man as a responsible agent by itself, created the idea of the individual in the Middle East and saved it from the communitarianism, the collectivism of...

Quotes by Mustafa Akyol

The great tradition of Delhi can be seen through its cuisine.

Quotes by Mohit Chauhan

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

Quotes by Minnie Driver

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.

Quotes by Mira Nair

I kind of always made it a tradition, whenever Dream Theater played Toronto, to play a Rush cover.

Quotes by Mike Portnoy

Even though the music I make gathers influences from all over the place, I feel that the core of what I do comes from the jazz tradition. In terms of improvisation, interaction, feel and overall concept, Jazz is my main...

Quotes by Miguel Zenon

England's full of cricket tradition. I follow the game there hugely.

Quotes by Mickey Arthur

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.

Quotes by Michelle Bachelet

This American right to bear arms with, practically, a Muslim fierceness, sometimes seems as if it must be age-old, an ancient tradition from a tenacious frontier holdover.

Quotes by Michael Wolff

My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.

Quotes by Michael Tippett

I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.

Quotes by Michael Sandel

These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science.

Quotes by Michael Polanyi

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Quotes by Michael Moriarty

Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.

Quotes by Michael Kadoorie

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

The Champions League and the Premier League are now both huge, but the tradition and history of the FA Cup is still very special.

Quotes by Michael Carrick

When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later.

Quotes by Michael Baumgartner

There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities. If Facebook requires the use of real names, that could potentially put Chinese citizens in danger.

Quotes by Michael Anti

There's this tradition of women's magazines - which have been my bread and butter as a freelancer - where the paradigm is that the writing is about relationships, body image, lessons, and it's always redemptive.

Quotes by Meghan Daum

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about being overlooked despite a strong cultural tradition?
Yes: "Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India." It's a personal observation about being excluded despite a region's artistic heritage.
Is there a quote about religious tradition?
Yes: "I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban." It's a respectful, firsthand description of a Sikh religious practice.
Is there a politically charged quote about tradition and gun rights?
Yes - one real quote frames gun rights as under political threat, stating that certain named senators, "given the chance - would indeed wipe out our tradition of the right to keep and bear arms." This is presented here strictly as that individual speaker's own political opinion, not a fact or position this page takes or endorses.
Is there a quote about film school and creative influences tied to tradition?
Yes, one describes the tradition of an AFI film program, recalling how "you make three cycle films your first year, and then you make a thesis film your second year," and being "blown away" watching Darren Aronofsky's early cycle films.
Where can I find more quotes about heritage, family, or history?
Try Family quotes and History quotes for related themes, or Long quotes for other long-standing, enduring ideas.

One line even traces a film-school tradition, the cycle films every student makes before their thesis year. See also History and Great.