“Let it be our endeavour, let it be our task, to keep alight the torch of imperial patriotism, to hold fast the affection and the confidence of our kinsmen across the seas; so that in every vicissitude of fortune the British Empire may present an unbroken front to all her foes, and may carry on even to distant ages the glorious traditions of the British flag.” MayAgeSeaFrontsTraditionTasksFortuneAffectionBritishGloriousEmpiresFlagsFoeTorchesEndeavourBritish EmpireUnbrokenHold FastVicissitudes Book:Foreign & Colonial Speeches Source: Foreign & Colonial Speeches
“There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.” PeopleArtIdeasSpiritLevelsMagicSeaTraditionAccessBuriedNew OrleansVoodooHaitian Author:Sam Trammell
“Shakespearean fish swam the sea, far away from land; Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand.” HandsLiteratureSeaLandTraditionFishesHeritageFar Away Book:Selected Poems And Four Plays Source: Selected Poems And Four Plays
“At its best, [Japanese cooking] is inextricably meshed with aesthetics, with religion, with tradition and history. It is evocative of seasonal changes, or of one's childhood, or of a storm at sea.” SeaChildhoodTraditionCookingStormAesthetics Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“It's the 21st century, and somebody has to rise from within this faith tradition and retranslate it for the post-modern world... The Earth is not the center of the universe, therefore, God is not a being who lives above the sky, who splits the Red Sea from time to time, or creates a miracle, or whatever.” WorldEarthUniverseSeaSkyModernCenturyRedTraditionMiraclePostsSplits21st CenturyModern WorldCenter Of The UniverseRed Sea Author:John Shelby Spong
“I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the poetry. Who could have written such a poem except someone who went through it? It is so full of life, so full of truth, of passion, of concern. And the thousands and thousands of commentaries in the Talmudic tradition that have been written on it. It had to have happened. But even if not, I would attribute the same beauty to the text as I do now.” IfsHas BeensSongPassionWrittenHappenedSeaConcernTraditionAttributesCommentaryExodusYams Author:Elie Wiesel