#customs

There will be no lasting peace either in the heart of individuals or in social customs until death is outlawed. ↗

— Albert Camus

#death #either #heart #individuals #lasting

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#barbarous #christian #civilized #considering #country

Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#been #borders #century #convergence #customs

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth. ↗

— Aaron Hill

#birth #consequences #customs #fixed #form

I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#against #anything #customs #extremes #films

The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#customs #existing #merely #people #roman

We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#border patrol #customs #either #foreign #government

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. ↗

— James A. Michener

#better #customs #fear #food #home

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#definite #edited #ever #eyes #institutions

I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#action #always #attitudes #authenticity #based