Quotes from Israel Zangwill

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.

The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie.

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

Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame is an Irish bull.

In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music.

I hate French poetry. What measured glitter!

It takes two men to make one brother.

O God... make me a child again, even before I die; give me back the simple faith, the clear vision of the child that holds its father's hand.

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.

The way Bernard Shaw believes in himself is very refreshing in these atheistic days when so many people believe in no God at all.

Take from me the hope that I can change the future and you will send me mad.

The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan - spoiled.

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder.

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

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

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.

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 the fusion of all races, the common superman.

Everything changes but change.

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.

There never was an age in which so many people were able to write badly.

America is God's crucible, the great melting pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!