quotes about Yiddish

last updated: November 28, 2023

Yiddish for gall, nerve, arrogance-whatever
-- Howard Fast

Source : Howard Fast (1977). “The Immigrants”, Dell Publishing Company

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Romanian-Yiddish cooking has killed more Jews than Hitler
-- Zero Mostel

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“Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.”
“Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.”
“Definitely dub is in my body forever. I think I hear everything through a dub filter. Even when I play rock music, I play through a dub filter.”
“I always wanted to know what it felt like to fall on stage... now I know. It's not how you fall, but how you get up”
“In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.”
“That's cool." Hale nodded, unfazed. "But just so you know, that"---he pointed to the piece of metal peeking out from behind the stage---"is a Hurst 5,000 PSI hydraulic spreader-cutter, more commonly know as the Jaws of Life." "So?" "So I'm not a normal boy.”
“Why has slamming a ball with a racquet become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us? It seems clear to me that a primary attraction of the sport is the opportunity it gives to release aggression physically without being arrested for felonious assault.”
“I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.”
“Any physical practice can be a competitive sport. What level you can take postures to create the maximum challenge and show your maximum skill, maximum control - it's not a combat game. It's a benefit to you.”
“Why does a dad matter so much to a daughter, in particular? A dad is the one who teaches a daughter what a male is all about. It's the first man in her life--the first man she loves, the first male she tries to please, the first man who says no to her, the first man to discipline her. In effect, he sets her up for success or failure with the opposite sex. Not only that, but she takes cues from how Dad treats Mom as she grows up about what to expect as a woman who is in a relationship with a man. So Dad sets up his daughter's marriage relationship too.”

Source : Kevin Leman (2014). “Be the Dad She Needs You to Be: The Indelible Imprint a Father Leaves on His Daughter's Life”, p.2, Thomas Nelson Inc