Custom & Convention Quotes (2326 Quotes)

When I hear anyone talk of culture, I reach for my revolver.

It's a treasured heritage building and landmark for the city, so it's important that we get something in there. But first and foremost we have to come to a conclusion about a destination for the art gallery. We don't want them to feel pressured about moving out because the business that they do is so important to the culture of the city.

People are there by choice. It's increasingly unusual that undergraduates are willing to commit their time to something like this. What we do tends to fly in the face of a lot of popular culture. It's being committed to music making of a fairly high order.

Seeing such dramatic examples of networked 4K media for science, medicine, education, culture, art and entertainment inspires the imagination about what can be done with advanced visualization and communications technology,

I lived in the West for so long and I know how to mix western and eastern styles. We actually do a lot of talks to the expatriate group and teach them the culture of Chinese furniture.

There will be members on the platform committee, the rules committee, the credentials committee and I'm expecting Sen.McCain to take a leading role in the convention and in the campaign,

The existence of a terrorist cell is an invention, ... we've been living here for 20 years, we come from the same country, we have the same religion and the same customs.

She was a giant in the 20th century for women, and most significantly was a catalyst for change in the American culture. She defined the problem, and then she had the courage to do something about it.

It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture.

That always bothers me. That was one of the major challenges, to change the culture (of the team). . . . I do think you're going to get that type of thing once in a while.

What is important in talking about the culture of violence against women is that it is hard to talk about it - because a lot of people want to pretend that it doesn't happen, and that particularly in colleges, where you have very close social networks, it's something, if a woman is raped or sexually assaulted, she's not going to want to talk about it, because it's going to affect her friendship network. And the guy who does it might be in one of her classes - or be the friend of a friend.

This is important to parents. There's never been a spotlight on this, and that's a mistake. I think it's like any workplace. When people feel good about the work, people want to be there. This is not only important for student learning, it's important to school culture.

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.

It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down.

GM's got enormous momentum of the wrong kind. It has, in decades past, been hugely successful. The culture has said, 'Whatever we've done in the past will repeat itself', but that's not working in the current environment.

The tunes, rhythms, and messages are drawn mainly from secular culture.

There is excess violence, excess sensationalism, excess sex. We are looking at an excessive culture, and to see the excess only in Hollywood is a mistake that lifts a branch to block out the entire forest. The endemic problem is the excess that flows from the corporate need to deliver a profit statement this quarter larger than the last at the expense of every other value. You see that clearly in Hollywood.

The question remains, does this impact our youth Because of my exposure to this problem, my unedited affirmative answer would not be suitable for printing. To me, it seems woefully obvious. These problems did not exist - to this extent - until it became a part of popular culture.

If a geo-restricted cab has a passenger going to the airport and they pick up a passenger (there), I have no problem with that. But during conventions, there's been evenings over there we haven't had more than 14 taxicabs come over there (to the convention center). That's what really set me off about doing something.

We are committed to changing the culture of the company to be more conservative,

New Orleans is probably the only city in America that has its own culture. There are things you can't find anyplace but there.

If we want to build up industries, we have to maintain a Customs barrier between the people of the 26 counties, and the people of the six.

However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of the inhumane methods used by these killers.

just the latest example of the culture of corruption that pervades the Republican-controlled Congress.

Documentary has become a kind of new space in the culture. A lot of the films are about social concerns, and in a way, are a new form of media. . . . Making a documentary has become sort of trendy, a little like what writing children's books was a few years ago. But what I've noticed is, once documentary filmmakers get locked in, they really get locked in. They may have started off thinking they're going to do something relatively quick and casual, and then it takes them over.

About 80 percent of the casts we'd get in were for very common foot problems. Clearly there's a place for custom, but in some cases over-the-counter ones can help.

We need to embrace the development of codes. What we really need to do is create a culture of responsibility.

The concerts are good for our community's culture. A woman who has moved here from another area, for example, was so pleased to find a community our size with as many cultural events as we have.

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world?

The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.

Carrying a gun in Somalia is a natural thing. We are not going to change the culture of Somalis overnight.

Ashcroft urged the news media to exercise self-restraint ... help him inject more poison into our culture.

What Paul has brought to this club is a culture. The value of that and the power of that is immeasurable and it will sustain us for many years to come.

Today's report is both an alarm clock and a road map. It sounds an urgent wake-up call about the risks of our couch-potato culture,

If we are genuinely committed to promoting a culture of peace, as individuals we must look to our values and ensure that we all exhibit a peace loving life to our nation's children.

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.

It's the end of an era for a kind of comedy, a convention of comedy that seems to have moved on to an alternative form of comedy, and I would be much more of his generation.

Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.

It is challenging to travel around the world, and this is a way you can visit other countries and find out your new neighbor's customs and culture. We need to appreciate what diversity can bring to the community.

Transformation will not be easy it will require us to change our culture, our mindsets and the way we do business everyday, but we have a comprehensive and workable plan.

In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country.

It's a culture shock. We're different. We don't even talk right. Of course we can't understand them either. To them New York is the end of the Earth.

The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that.

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

Sex IS power. Identity is power. In western culture, there are no nonexploitative relationships. Everyone has killed in order to live.

We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century

We are getting viewed as one of the hot locations in the world, and we've hosted these massive events like Live 8 and the Republican Convention. This is a logical step to take to take a big step and show that we're a proud and solid community.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.

Maurice is the kind of player we think is going to fit in with our team and our culture. Maurice brings a really strong competitive streak with him and can play two positions for us.