All Theodore Bikel Quotes
- All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must… Accompanied
- No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. Declaration
- We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. Bombs
- Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support… Art
- I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. Banjos
- Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by… Any
- Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? Conduit
- I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. Chance
- I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. Always Striven
- No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. Architecture
- You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them. Entire
- After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the… Advent
- As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. Abide
- Audiences are audiences. Audience
- But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. Artist
- Every actor wants to direct. Actor
- For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. According
- Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. Age
- I always sang, I always acted, I always played. Acted
- I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. Cause