In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them – unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. – Theodore Bikel
Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission. – Theodore Bikel
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sing about the beauty of the work I wasnt doing. – Theodore Bikel
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? – Theodore Bikel
I just think it is important that you realize , that youre the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether youre libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go. – Clint Eastwood