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I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me. — Anne Carson

Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's a tradition," Grimm said. "Were traditions rational, they'd be procedures. — Jim Butcher

Both Jewish and Roman sources and traditions admit an empty tomb. — Josh McDowell

It's hard to rest knowing that millions of people merely carry on religious traditions but don't actually reach God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

What makes a good work of art is something that honors certain traditions and breaks with others. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

It is useful to study different traditions in order to be free of attachment to any one way of expressing what is beyond expression. (x) — Ravi Ravindra

Traditions don't come out of nowhere. They come from something sacred and strange. — Corey Ann Haydu

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild. — Ben Okri

It appears that PepsiCo views structural change as a sign of weakness, an admission of failure, and an untenable break with past traditions. — Nelson Peltz

Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions. — John P. Kotter

The first volume of Irish folktales was Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, published in 1825 by Thomas Croker from Cork. — Ryan Hackney

The belief in a satanic kingdom exists today only where religious and theological traditions keep this believe alive. — Walter Rauschenbusch

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own. — Sara Sheridan

You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough. — Edward De Bono

If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions. — Martin E. Marty

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada. — Preston Manning

Meditation, in all its forms and traditions, is an invitation to listen, to open, to quietly enlist the courage to be touched and formed by life. — Mark Nepo

Church today is mostly driven by man-made traditions and not by the biblical mandates to defend the Word of God and live by the Word of God. — Ken Ham

Certain Stanley Cup traditions remain intact, including the handshake line between players who had been belting one another for a couple of weeks. — George Vecsey

I make our family traditions a priority. — Martina Mcbride

Earlier traditions usually formulated their theories in terms of stories. Modern science uses mathematics. — Yuval Noah Harari

Churches all over the country have decided they love their traditions more than their children. — Erwin McManus

Happy Cinco de Mayo! It's a holiday that's as respectful of Mexican traditions as Epcot Center's Mexican food pavilion. — Conan O'Brien

It is high time Americans grew accustomed to our traditions. — James Rollins

We live in an age in which the biblical-moral traditions that have guided us for centuries are increasingly being forgotten. — Meir Soloveichik

Exile has enabled me to discover the rest of the world, to meet other peoples, to get to know other traditions. Nothing could be more valuable. — Dalai Lama XIV

Creating traditions in the blended family promote unity and a sense of belonging. — Diane Greene

The cleanest civilization I've ever seen ... and the number one thing you pack for a wedding is a jar of dirt? — M.A. George

People never heard bells in Western music sounding really cataclysmic. You hear that more in Russian music or in Asian, Indonesian traditions. — Charlemagne Palestine

There are some religious traditions that view human beings as participants in creation. This is true of the Jewish tradition, from which I come. — Michael Sandel

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life. — Joyce Meyer

We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. — Mikhail Gorbachev

We're going to have to change our traditions, our history — Michelle Obama

The observance of communal traditions involves a constant sacrifice of the individual to the state. — Okakura Kakuzo

History covers the Texas landscape like a multi-covered quilt, each square particular to different cultures and traditions. — G.H. Lambert

By the irresistible maturing of the general mind, the Christian traditions have lost their hold. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We cannot trust our own minds, traditions and beliefs. — Bryant McGill

As an outsider I was free to pick my own literary traditions, to build my own system of literary values. — Dubravka Ugresic

If I, who am rhu'ad, do not break the laws," she said, "then no one will ever dare to break them, and our planet will stagnate in dead traditions. — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you. — Constantin Stanislavski

There must always be a secret to be unwrapped at Christmas - that's the rule — John Geddes

The boundaries between the Clans run deep," Cinderpelt reminded her. "Traditions are all we have to cling to. — Erin Hunter

In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased. — Vladimir Putin

... religious traditions build up meaning only over time and in a communal context. They can't be purchased like a burger or a pair of shoes. — Kathleen Norris

Every country has its political face and political traditions. — Sergei Lavrov

I ended up spending years on a spiritual quest - diving into the world's great spiritual traditions. — Brandon Bays

I have great respect for Catholic traditions; my family is Catholic, and it's part of my life. — Juanes

We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions. — Robert L. Payton

The kingdom is not represented by an expression of religious traditions — Sunday Adelaja

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules. — Jack Nicklaus

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. — Theodore Bikel

The dead and the unborn make their presence known through traditions, institutions, and laws. — Roger Scruton

That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition. — Fernando Flores

Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them. — Franz Marc

My family traditions are alcoholism and dysfunction," Jennifer said. "Oh, and anything you can make from government cheese. — Libba Bray

University politics," declared Oop, "doesn't care about liberal traditions or any other kind of traditions. — Clifford D. Simak

Indeed, it may be suggested that 'traditions' and pragmatic conventions or routines are inversely related. — Eric Hobsbawm

If traditional doesn't work, then traditions won't do. — Max McKeown

On the exoteric level the traditions are irreconcilable. On the esoteric, experiential level of the heart reigns an eloquent, reverential silence. — Frederick Franck

I'm a Democrat because I represent the true traditions of the Democratic Party. — Kesha Rogers

All traditions are stupid unless you came up with it yourself. — Doug Stanhope

The surplus of society overrides all our traditions and shapes all our philosophies. — Walter Weyl

MOTHER TIME: We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them. — Hillary DePiano

Education is one of the main ways that communities pass on their values and traditions from one generation to the next. — Ken Robinson

One does not part willingly with early
loyalties or early traditions, and indeed the rolling years do but confirm them. — Michael Moynihan

I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected. — Kathy Freston

I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones. — Orlando Bloom

It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole. — Moses Finley

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

The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill

Religious traditions and selfish agenda are laid aside when we are poor in spirit — Sunday Adelaja

American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders. — Barack Obama

Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations. — Natan Sharansky

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. — Barbara Tober

Prepare your food in keeping with monastic traditions - simple, basic, healthy, balanced. — Mary DeTurris Poust

If God made poets for anything, it was to keep alive the traditions of the pure, the holy, and the beautiful. — James Russell Lowell

[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology. — Mark Twain

I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions. — Dana Goodyear

[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very good at that. — Pico Iyer

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered. — Lee Greenwood

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions. — Paul Tsongas

Understanding different national, cultural, and religious traditions is no longer a luxury; it is now a necessity and must become a priority. The — Karen Armstrong

The mixture of the oral and the written traditions in the writings of Plato enabled him to dominate the history of the West. — Harold Innis

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. — Maya Lin

Human war has been the most successful of our cultural traditions. — Robert Ardrey

I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions. — Barack Obama

I have full faith in my people that they will rise to every occasion worthy of our past Islamic history, glory and traditions. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah

If you left off traditions because you didn't know why they started you'd be no better than a foreigner. — Terry Pratchett

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important. — Kate Mara

Australia will always be closer to the U.S. than she is to China because our values and political traditions are much closer. — John Howard

Always be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce uncritical hope and follow comforting traditions of Western thought. — Stephen Jay Gould

It is still an act of academic heresy to regard Egypt as the cradle of civilization and originator of Jewish and Christian religious traditions. — Michael Tsarion

Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions. — Tyson Fury

Traditions are like rules, they are meant to be broken. — A.E. Croft

All religions and spiritual traditions begin with the cry Help! — William James

I have great respect for Oklahoma's tribal members, and I celebrate their traditions and culture. — Mary Fallin

The emphasis and value on ideas and original thinking is an innate part of British culture, and in many ways, that describes the traditions of design. — Jonathan Ive