Quotes about Tradition
Jews commonly used apokalypsis to describe part of their week-long wedding festivities. The apokalypsis was the lifting of the veil of a virgin bride, which took place immediately before the marriage was consummated in sexual union.
— Scott Hahn
Remember that Israel's tradition always had men worshiping in imitation of angels. Now, as Revelation shows, both heaven and earth participate together in a single act of loving worship.
— Scott Hahn
I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.
— John Barrymore
God does not bind the ancient folk to outward doctrine as if they were learning their ABC's.
— John Calvin
Workers should have Sundays off because Sunday is for the family. Calling for Sundays to be a holiday.
— Pope Francis
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.
— Ernest Hemingway
every idiot who goes about with a 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.
— Charles Dickens
He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors.
— Edmund Burke
Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.
— Max Born
History is a pact between the dead the living and the yet unborn.
— Edmund Burke
Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.
— Elie Wiesel
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
— Babe Ruth