Quotes by Tradition I learned a little of beauty - enough to know that it had nothing to do with truth - and I found, moreover, that there was no great literary tradition; there was only the tradition of the eventful death of every literary tradition. F. Scott Fitzgerald tradition enough littles The Bible is one, Old and New, in my particular tradition. Frank Moore Cross old-and-new tradition particular Traditions are lovely thingsto create traditions, that is, not to live off them. Franz Marc lovely tradition Oral musical traditions are rooted in assured and scrupulous faith. Franz Liszt assured tradition musical Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build. Frank Herbert tradition agreement wish The preaching is part of the reason I don't go to church. Plus, I don't know, it was never part of my tradition. Frederick Buechner tradition church reason Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product. Friedrich August von Hayek moral tradition reason I dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but is still new. Georg Baselitz tradition want monsters The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal. George Brandis great-work universal tradition We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of life may become a habit and therefore a pleasure. Friedrich Nietzsche tradition may way Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity George Bernard Shaw atrocities tradition people He who strays from the customary becomes a sacrifice to the extraordinary; he who keeps to the customary becomes its slave. He iscondemned to perish in either case. Friedrich Nietzsche slave tradition sacrifice I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general. George Meyer institutions tradition social If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better. George Orwell tradition language people When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it. George Steinbrenner tradition protect For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man. George W. S. Trow restless tradition men Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition. George S. Patton mediocrity tradition walks Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion. Gilbert K. Chesterton tradition fashion I beg you, reject antiquity, tradition, faith, and authority! Let us begin anew by doubting everything we assume has been proven! Giordano Bruno doubting-everything assuming tradition All traditions are also full of meanness for the sake of meanness. George Saunders meanness tradition sake «23456789101112»
