Thomas Cahill Quotes

We can hardly get up in the morning or cross the street without being Jewish. We dream Jewish dreams and hope Jewish hopes. Most of our best words, in fact - new, adventure, surprise; unique, individual, person, vocation; time, history, future; freedom, progress, spirit; faith, hope, justice - are the gifts of the Jews.

I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically.

I know what it means to be Jewish, and I don't think someone who wasn't Jewish would really understand.

To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost.

I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.

There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.

I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.

I consider myself a Jewish writer, like all my heroes: Tom Stoppard, David Mamet, Philip Roth, Arthur Miller, Woody Allen.

My whole life has a Jewish flavour.

Jewishness is a very big part of my identity. I am a proud Jew, I would say, who doesn't practice very actively.

Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.

I think Jews tend to hold me in fairly high regard.

Lesson Number One: The Importance of Being Jewish

Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.

If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really weaken that sense of identity if you celebrate two religions.

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.

I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.

I can't imagine writing something that didn't address Jewish themes and questions. It's such a big part of my life, a lot of the way in which I experience the world.

We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.

My father belonged to a Jewish social club.

I had a Hebraic wedding in New York, so I'm definitely Jewish.

If you are a Rothschild, a Rosenwald, a Gimbel, or even a Waldbaum, growing up Jewish can be a rich experience. For the rest of us, it could be just so-so.

My father's Jewish, so my world is Jewish whenever I go home.

If you research history, I think we are all Jewish. It's the original culture.