"Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead"
- Daniel Barenboim
About this Quote
This quote by Daniel Barenboim speaks with the importance of respecting the dead. It is a reminder that tradition determines that we must not speak ill of those who have actually died. This is a tip that we need to not be judgmental or important of those who have died, despite how we may have felt about them while they were alive. It is a tip that we should lionize for the dead, and that we need to remember them in a favorable light. This quote is a tip that we ought to not be quick to judge or criticize those who have actually passed away, and that we need to instead remember them with kindness and respect. It is a reminder that tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead, and that we should instead remember them with love and regard.
"Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear"
"Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing"
"I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish"
"Jackass: The Movie is great. I think it's in the tradition of physical comedy, which I'm really interested in. Its relationship to gravity, and how gravity acts on the body"
"However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition"
"I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture"
