Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. read more

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking read more

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.