Yiddish Family Quotes & Sayings

As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play music. — Randy Owen

The wise do not buy into other people's perceptions of who they are and what they are capable of. Instead, they bypass a person's public persona and see who they are in their highest expression. When you see actions taken with integrity, instead of words only, you will then know a soul's worth. — Shannon L. Alder

I heard Yiddish when my father's family came to the house, which was as seldom as my mother could arrange it. — Joseph H. Greenberg

As Hector walks to the balcony, he suddenly thought of his mother. He missed her dearly as he looked up, closed his eyes and felt Maria's warm breath behind his ears, whispering the same words of wisdom she never get tired of telling him over and over again, "You are born and destined to live in this place for a reason. I don't want to see you growing as a man who only thinks about and care for, is himself." And as tears start to fall, he whispered, "Yes, my dear mother. Now I undestand. — Juan Bautista

Permission to buy apricots and oranges from my own trees, the ones my great grandfather planted and i kept alive in drought and war — Michelle Cohen Corasanti

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it is part of their fabric, and so the relation between Russian citizens and their state is complicated. — Ryszard Kapuscinski

I'll tell you why it matters," she hisses. "It matters because if you hadn't escaped,my brother would be alive right now.And I want to make sure no other filthy street con assigned to the labor camps escapes the system-so that this scenario won't play out ever again."
I laugh in her face.The pain in my leg only fuels my anger. "Oh,is that all you're worried about? A bunch of renegade Trial takers who managed to escape their deaths? Those ten-year-olds are a dangerous bunch,yeah? — Marie Lu

Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war. — Menachem Begin

Good looks only take you so far. You don't have to be the best looking guy. — Angie Everhart

There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught to younger people, because it is not logical and does not obey laws which are constant. It has no rules. Only, in the long years which bring women to the middle of life, a sense of balance develops ... when she is beginning to hate her used body, she suddenly finds that she can do it. She can go on living ...
— T.H. White

I did try when I wasn't doing the singing to do as much comedy as I could because I thought with Comic Relief you are duty bound to anyway. — Jo Brand

When the police willfully break the law on video and then deny the event in writing, you know that you are dealing with a blatantly corrupt group of people. — Steven Magee

I went through a lot in my life that scarred me pretty good. I built a wall around myself to the point where nobody knew what was really going on inside of me, including myself. — Jake Roberts