Hebrew Quotes

119 quotes by 106 authors

When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out. — Yael Naim
However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science. — Norman Lamm
Bad English was the second language of Israel and bad Hebrew, of course, remained the national language. — George Mikes
The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit… — Jonathan Sacks
I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember. — David Antin
I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed… — Joshua Foer
When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly… — Shmuel Yosef Agnon
You should do what we do, stack chips like Hebrews. — Puff Daddy
English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and… — David Crystal
The Lord knows that I could not open scripture; he must by his prophetical office open it unto me. So after that being unsatisfied in… — Anne Hutchinson
Physics is nothing but the ABC's. Nature is an equation with an unknown, a Hebrew word which is written only with consonants to which reason… — Johann Georg Hamann
When I say a spoken Hebrew sentence, half of it is like the King James Bible and half of it is a hip-hop lyric. It… — Etgar Keret
Latin! The language of God! Or perhaps He speaks Hebrew? I suppose that's more likely and it will make things rather awkward in heaven, won't… — Bernard Cornwell
Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization… — Isaac Mayer Wise
Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an erroneous interpretation of… — Jimmy Carter
German accents and Hassidic accents aren't that romantic. They're more harsh. Although Hebrew, when spoken by certain people, sounds beautiful. There's this beautiful woman I… — Janeane Garofalo
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty… — Lafcadio Hearn
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have… — Lyndon B. Johnson
In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal… — Benjamin Netanyahu
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that… — Mandy Patinkin

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