Quotes by Tradition I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it. Aaron Allston tradition wipe feet Jorge Luis Borges was lamenting a variety of Orientalism that was used to measure the alleged authenticity of Argentine and Latin American writers in the midcentury. The Argentine literary tradition was believed by many, including many Argentines, to be concerned with a national imaginary in which the gauchos and the pampas and the tango were fundamental tropes. Borges, in part to legitimize his own Europhilia, correctly pointed out that expecting writers to engage with these romantic nationalist tropes was arbitrary and limiting, a genre that was demonstrative of its own artificiality. Adam Morris authenticity tradition latin Consequently, the tone, particularly that of the Viennese anti-Semitic press, seemed to me unworthy of the cultural tradition of a great nation. Adolf Hitler tone mein-kampf tradition If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge, not innocence. Adolph Gottlieb innocence tradition form God expects us to measure the church not against tradition but against the standards & promises of His Word. Aiden Wilson Tozer tradition church promise I'm not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I've always displayed. I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we're very outgoing with our emotions. Al Pacino tradition italian emotion Traditions, when vital, embody continuities of conflict. Indeed when a tradition becomes Burkean, it is always dying or dead. Alasdair MacIntyre conflict tradition dying Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals. Albert Einstein fulfillment tradition world You must be aware that most men (and also not only a few women) are by nature not monogamous. This nature makes itself even more forceful when tradition and circumstance stand in an individual's way. Albert Einstein tradition men way Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born. Aldous Huxley individual tradition language I come from a filmmaking tradition and a storytelling background. So somehow I've emerged like a mutant who can straddle both worlds. Alex Gibney mutants tradition world You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition. Alexander McQueen demolish tradition break I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition Alexander McQueen modern tradition stills If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed. Alfred Brendel tradition pieces should The non-geometric biomorphic forms of Arp and Miro and Moore are definitely in the ascendant. The formal tradition of Gauguin, Fauvism and Expressionism will probably dominate for some time to come the tradition of Cezanne and Cubism. Alfred H. Barr, Jr. cezanne tradition form There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones. Alfred Lord Tennyson tradition giving way The learned tradition is not concerned with truth, but with the learned adjustment of learned statements of antecedent learned people. Alfred North Whitehead concerned tradition people One must eliminate the traditional and cling to the essential. Alice Foote MacDougall tradition essentials business As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. Allan Bloom tradition This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration. Allan Bloom shackles tradition inspiration 1234567891011»