You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition. — Theodore Bikel Exist Copy Share Image
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. — Theodore Bikel Awe Copy Share Image
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent. — Theodore Bikel Purpose Copy Share Image
You cannot please all of the people all of the time, and that is truer in the arts than anywhere else. — Theodore Bikel Anywhere Copy Share Image
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to… — Theodore Bikel Action Copy Share Image
I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. — Theodore Bikel Devoted Copy Share Image
In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. — Theodore Bikel City Copy Share Image
I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and… — Theodore Bikel Artistic Copy Share Image
I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material… — Theodore Bikel Appeal Copy Share Image
Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the… — Theodore Bikel Century Copy Share Image
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? — Theodore Bikel Education Copy Share Image
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward… — Theodore Bikel Certain Copy Share Image
No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. — Theodore Bikel Animation Copy Share Image
I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song… — Theodore Bikel Better Copy Share Image
John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but… — Theodore Bikel Actors Copy Share Image
An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or… — Theodore Bikel Alas Copy Share Image
You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them. — Theodore Bikel New york Copy Share Image
We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. — Theodore Bikel Age Copy Share Image
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that… — Theodore Bikel Austria Copy Share Image
While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can… — Theodore Bikel Agree Copy Share Image
I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my… — Theodore Bikel I am Copy Share Image
For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. — Theodore Bikel Believe Copy Share Image
