Theodore Bikel Quotes

I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other.

Theodore Bikel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: May 2, 1924 - July 21, 2015

Topics

I AmMeSongTimingActorHand

I was on the mathematics faculty at M.I.T. from 1951 through until I resigned in the spring of 1959.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.

MathematicsSpringThroughUntil

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library.

John Lewis

KingColorsLibraryTryingDownOut

My parents were ignorant peasants from the Old World.

Maurice Sendak

ParentsWorldIgnorantOldPeasants

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma.

Jef I. Richards

DayDeathPeopleAdvertisingHair

My homes are similar in style because the same design principles run through all areas of my work.

John Rocha

WorkStyleDesignRunPrinciples

The great composers I worked with along the way, I always felt they were filmmakers more than composers. They would talk about the story rather than the music.

Steven Price

MusicGreatStoryWayTalkMore

I did nothing but international liberation politics for ten years, and usually it was like, you gain an inch, you lose a half an inch. It's slow going, man.

Steven Van Zandt

PoliticsManSlowYouLoseNothing

In health care, you really need a balance of people who need health care today, tomorrow, and in the future.

Ron Williams

FutureTodayHealthBalanceTomorrow

Foreigners like me have no privacy rights whatsoever. Yet we keep using U.S.-based services all the time, making us a legal target for gathering and storing our private information. Other countries do surveillance as well. But nobody has the global visibility that United States does.

Mikko Hypponen

TimeMeLegalInformationPrivacy

There's this thin line between knowing something is going to be really hard and saying, 'Yeah, you know, but I still gotta see if I can pull it off.'

Michael Keaton

SayingYouI CanKnowKnowingSee

My mom was always saying: 'Be whatever you want to be, but stick with it. Don't waver. Don't change who you are for anybody.'

Miranda Lambert

ChangeMomSayingYouWantWhatever

Who wants to talk on the phone? If you want to talk to me, text me. Or if we must, let's meet in person.

Douglas Coupland

MeYouPhonePersonWantMeet

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