Quotes by Israel Zangwill

“The Creator has I say it in all reverence - drawn a myriad red herrings across the track, but the true scientist refuses to be baffled by superficial appearances in detecting the secrets of Nature...”

“It takes two men to make one brother.”

“In these electric times the criminal receives a cosmopolitan reputation. It is a privilege he shares with few other artists.”

“There are three reasons why men of genius have long hair. One is, that they forget it is growing. The second is, that they like it. The third is, that it comes cheaper; they wear it long for the sa...”

“America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!”

“New York is the great stone desert.”

“Everything changes but change.”

“America is God's crucible the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!... The Real American has not yet arived. He is only in the crucible Itell you - he will be...”

“In how many lives does Love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.”

“Selfishness is the only real atheism aspiration unselfishness the only real religion.”

“Past: Our cradle not our prison and there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration not imitation for continuation not repetition.”

“The Creator has – I say it in all reverence - drawn a myriad red herrings across the track, but the true scientist refuses to be baffled by superficial appearances in detecting the secrets of Natur...”

“America is God's crucible the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!... The Real American has not yet arived. He is only in the crucible Itell you - he will be t...”

“Selfishness is the only real atheism aspiration unselfishness the only real religion.”

“Past: Our cradle not our prison and there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration not imitation for continuation not repetition.”

“No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man.”

“Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan — spoiled.”

“No... the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you—he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.”

“Oh, for the simple life,For tents and starry skies!”

“The past is our cradle, not our prison, and there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.”