Quotes on the topic: Tradition


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Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.


India has a long tradition of reinterpreting religious myths.


I'm delighted to carry on in the tradition of the great reporters like Edward R. Murrow, Ernie Pyle, and Geraldo Rivera to probe vitally important issues of the day, starting with whether I'm Hispanic or Latino.


Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.


With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.


Sometimes it is easy... to enhance your prestige by not exercising your responsibility, but that's not been the tradition of the court.


The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors.


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.


As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.


I've always liked the tradition of publishing work serially in the comic-book 'pamphlet' format and then collecting that work in book form, so I've just stuck with it.


There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.


Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it.


What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke. Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.


What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.


Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.


The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.


I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.


I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.


Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee - a tradition I'd like very much to continue.


Americans are always mortified when I tell them this, but in England, it's a tradition to put your plaques and photographs and awards and gold records and stuff in your bathroom. I don't know why.