"We Jews are cheerful in gloom, mistrustful in joy."
- Israel Zangwill, The Melting Pot 1908 stage melodrama
"Think of whence your riches stem
Think of someone who is poor"
and know you stole this gold from them."
-Tony Kushner, libretto, Caroline, or Change, 2003, music by Jeanine Tesori
"When I was a slave in Egypt..."
- Liturgy, often uttered by observers of the passover seder
"I don't want to belong to any club that would
have me as one of its members."
- Groucho Marx's resignation from the Friar's Club
- Israel Zangwill, The Melting Pot 1908 stage melodrama
"Think of whence your riches stem
Think of someone who is poor"
and know you stole this gold from them."
-Tony Kushner, libretto, Caroline, or Change, 2003, music by Jeanine Tesori
"When I was a slave in Egypt..."
- Liturgy, often uttered by observers of the passover seder
"I don't want to belong to any club that would
have me as one of its members."
- Groucho Marx's resignation from the Friar's Club