Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.

The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.

There is no such thing as a stationary tradition. Traditions are always developing, living things.

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.

I just feel passionately about the horses and I will until it's no longer a tradition in New York.

We may think that our tradition is exactly the same as it has always been, but that is an illusion.

I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka.

The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them.

Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself.

Virtually every spiritual tradition teaches that your higher self is the presence of God within you.

Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

If you go deep enough into any faith tradition, you find the common ground with all faith traditions.

I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.

I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.

I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.

According to the Dominant Western tradition, the natural world exists for the benefit of human beings.

Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.

There is no better time than right now to start your own "family tradition" of helping needy children.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.

In the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.

Not having a New York culinary tradition, far from being limiting, it's an opportunity to create freely.

We were told, quite seriously, that there never would be a Canadian art because we had no art tradition.

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

Italian style for me is to have a sense of tradition, respect for one's roots, and a sartorial approach.

Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

I like the tradition of the Oscars. I like that some of the greatest comedians ever have hosted the show.

American values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders.

There's never really been a tradition of making films about Jewish themes or using Judaism as a constant.

Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.

I see myself in [the] tradition of encounter and witness - a witness that sees the photograph as evidence.

I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.

The most authentic and hallowed Wiccan tradition is stealing from any source that didn't run away too fast

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.

Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.

We must see with our own eyes and not accept any laid-down tradition as if it had some magical power in it.

Ultimately, my more significant agreement is with a virtue tradition that features Aristotle and Descartes.

If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions. I'm the girl with the unquenchable thirst.

This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration.

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.

The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors.

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

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