126 Quotes by Herman Wouk

I think appreciating Dickens goes with ten thousand in the bank.

There are good and bad things in all political systems.

Judaism takes the verse in Genesis, ‘Be fruitful and multiply,’ as part of its statutory law. Because it is the first law in the Torah it holds a special eminence.

All the corpses must be brought back from the work site for the evening roll call, since the count of living and dead has to match the number of men who left in the morning, to establish that nobody has escaped Auschwitz except by dying.

Marjorie, your lack of self-knowledge is fabulous. Being a Jew is your whole life. Good Lord, you don’t eat bacon. I’ve seen you shove it off your plate as though it were a dead mouse.” “Well, I can’t help that, it’s habit.” Noel shook.

The Second Table of the Ten Commandments reads in Hebrew something like this: ‘Don’t kill; don’t be vile; don’t steal; don’t tell lies about others; don’t envy any man his wife or house or animals, or anything he has.’ This sounds shockingly wrong in English. For the English genius, religion is solemn and stately; Canterbury Cathedral, not a shul. The grand slow march of “Thou Shalt Nots” is exactly right. Religion for the Jews is intimate and colloquial, or it is nothing.

This country of ours consists of pioneers, after.

A Talmud saying implies that in Messianic times the sacrifices will not be resumed in the restored Temple, except for the thank offerings.

Al nations celebrate the day of their coming into being with a work stoppage and ceremonies. The Jews, who believe that God created the universe, celebrate its coming into being, and give thanks to its Maker, once a week.