Tradition Quotes

"Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition and society and family" "The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come" "One of the strange things about old beliefs is that they are, as a rule, robust " "Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind" "Custom is the great guide of human life" "I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against." "I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is." "The way to be truly radical is to be truly conservative. For what we are conserving is not our traditions but the truths of God's Word" "Cooking is an expression of the land where you are and the culture of that place" "In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage." "By nature, men love newfangledness" "To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves." "It is the nature of a man as he grows older to protest against change particularly change for the better" "Conservatism is not so much a banner of principles as a disposition of things and persons" "There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." "A house needs a grandma in it" "There is something very odd about the respect accorded to religion." "The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement." "The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out " "I’m the keeper of the flame"