#tradition

Touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire, but it's damn good for you. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#tradition #respect

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#tradition #reason

What history can do is show that people have to take responsibility for what they activate out of their tradition. It’s not just a given thing one slavishly follows. You have to be accountable. ↗

— Karen L. King

#history #religion #traditions #religion

The De Bernieres were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier. ↗

— Louis de Bernieres

#broke #father #i #military #proud

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece. ↗

— David Bowie

#amazes #analyze #even #intelligent #intelligent people

The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of. ↗

— Ednita Nazario

#freedom #gives #latin #lot #musical

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

#feels #go #like #our #see

The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#clumsy #consider #elegance #essential #further

In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started. ↗

— Sanaa Lathan

#bunch #came #expected #guys #hero

I think we have a good team, but soccer fans will know that we're in a really tough group. The three teams in our group are really strong. The Czech Republic is a very good team, Italy is traditionally a powerhouse, and Ghana is one of the best teams in Africa. ↗

— Claudio Reyna

#best #czech #czech republic #fans #ghana