The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It’s never imposed on someone. – Gene Robinson
Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that’s been very male-oriented. – Nancy Pelosi
When you represent the state of Washington, we have a tradition of deciding social issues by vote. Washington State passed abortion rights before Roe v. Wade and affirmed it at the ballot box later. – Michael Baumgartner
I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience. – Maya Beiser
I’m the only one in my family who doesn’t cook, but I can do a Swiss dish called frittatensuppe. You make a thin omelet from eggs, flour and parsley, then roll and cut it in the shape of tagliatelle and add broth. It’s a tradition we adopted. – Margherita Missoni
The Catholic tradition maintains that the objective norms governing right action are accessible to reason, prescinding from the content of revelation. – Pope Benedict XVI
Trump displays many of the traits of a proto-fascist, and he is also part of a wave of right-wing nationalist movements that is sweeping the West. He can also be positioned in the long, American right-wing tradition of fearing ‘the Other,’ whether they are Catholics or Jews or, now, Muslims. – Peter L. Bergen
Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition. – N. Scott Momaday
I’m a big tradition guy. If you love this country and study history, then you will love Boston. – Marcus Luttrell
Free institutions certainly exist, but a tradition of passivity and conformism restricts their use – a cynic might say that this is why they continue to exist. – Noam Chomsky
The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself. – Noam Chomsky
Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. – Jeffery Deaver
I’m not tribal Labour. I’m a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language. – Michael Ignatieff
The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies. – Koichi Tanaka
Christianity in the Middle East is shattered. The ancient faith tradition lies beaten, broken, and dying. – Jeff Fortenberry
In ‘Bayou Magic,’ I bring in the cultural tradition of African mermaids – Mami Wata, the mother goddesses. – Jewell Parker Rhodes
There is a long dishonourable tradition of western intellectuals who have been duped by Moscow. The list includes Bernard Shaw, the Webbs, H. G. Wells, and Andre Gide. – Luke Harding
I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself – the working-class tradition of self-education. – Ken Livingstone
I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka. – Jonah Lomu
I know there’s some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition. – Loretta Lynn
There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman’s place is in the home still lingers in some quarters. – Madeleine M. Kunin
Whatever one thinks of Twitter, the Friday Reads hashtag is kind of a cool tradition. – James Bernard Frost
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share. – Lisa Bonet