Richard Quest Quotes

I had always known that I was Jewish - we celebrated the holidays, we went to a synagogue - but I had never known that I was supposed to feel ashamed about it.

I have a very strong sense of who I am as a Jew and a strong sense of belonging.

I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.

I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.

Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.

It's tough being a Jew.

I am very proud of being Jewish.

In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.

The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day.

I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.

I've begun to think like a Jew, to feel like a Jew.

I love being Jewish; I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.

You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.

It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with.

I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms.

I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride.

I feel that I am completely in solidarity with Jews in the world, because I know what it is to be a Jew. I've seen what it is; I am myself of Jewish origin, and therefore I can only be fully in support of the idea that the Jews, after all they've suffered, need a country where they are at home.

I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.

Most people don't seem to know that I am Jewish.

I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.

Spiritually, I'm Jewish.

It matters a great deal that I come from a Jewish background.

I'm proud to be Jewish.