There is no role I cannot play except a midget.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

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.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

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.

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.

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

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.

Wearing fake happiness is as good as smearing foundation. A bit of moisture drains it all.

A great speaker always inspires people by his actions.

All religions are born from individual experiences of divine awakening, not from some books.

You’ve crafted this bored veneer, but you’re always giving yourself away in moments like that. In the moments that really matter.

Aspects are within us and who seems most kingly is king.

Whatever your condition, you can be happy if you have the right attitude.

Everyday that passes I am pulled from youth as how it has been defined by that culture into something else.

A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.

Some people are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them

I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile.