#tradition

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today. ↗

— Henry Ford

#history #live #make #only #present

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#democracy #democratic #elections #holding #iraq

I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike. ↗

— Randy Travis

#away #back #blues #coming #country

I've never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the '90s and to have the kind of great music, pop or whatever, that radio will embrace. ↗

— Bryan White

#country #embrace #end #great #great music

An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as American as I think, but it feels so Southern. It feels so American. Like, hundreds of years of American tradition is involved in it. ↗

— Jack White

#american tradition #feels #head #hundreds #i

Still others want a traditional guitar sound if they call you for guitar. ↗

— Mark White

#guitar #others #sound #still #traditional

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

— Alfred North Whitehead

#consists #european #footnotes #general #philosophical

I'm very much a Christian in ideals and ethics, especially in terms of belief in fairness, a deep set obligation to others, and the virtues of charity, tolerance and generosity that we associate with traditional Christian teaching. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#belief #charity #christian #deep #especially

Because the more you write the more you're aware of the weight of your tradition and the difficulties of the form and the more you have already done that you do not want to do again. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#already #aware #because #difficulties #done

When you're doing the traditional musicals, singing songs that are 40 and 50 years old, you realize there's a reason why those musicals are hits. These are amazing songs! ↗

— Tom Wopat

#doing #hits #musicals #old #realize