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Theodore Bikel Quotes
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could. - 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 always be accompanied by moral choice. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
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 omission. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
Audiences are audiences. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? - Theodore Bikel Quotes
Every actor wants to direct. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
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. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I always sang, I always acted, I always played. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us a sense of wonder. Film, like no other medium, makes a visceral appeal to our humanity. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I created the role of Captain Von Trapp. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know Gods purpose and Gods intent. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I do prefer the stage. Its really the granddaddy of them all. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasnt doing. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
Im exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone. - Theodore Bikel Quotes
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