Quotes
Authors
Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits
"Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart." --
Source : Foreword to "Following the Synagogue Service" by Jeffrey Cohen, Gnesia Publications, (p. ix), 1997.
Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits
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“Those that think my clothes are androgynous also still believe that women should look like Barbie dolls. That's precisely the problem, the deep-rooted assumptions about what is feminine.”
“Anybody else think that was weird?†Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were, of course, in the backseat. Amelie had the front, with Michael. “Ya think? In general, or in particular?†“Weird that we got through the entire thing, and I didn’t have to hit anybody.†There was a moment of silence. Michael said, as he started the car, “You’re right, Shane. That is strange.”
“[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
“I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.”
“The world is changing. We all know this. And as that world changes, if you don't transform your company, you're stuck.”
“In every crisis, if you look carefully, you will spot an opportunity. My insistence is on finding and seizing that opportunity. I never try to side-step a crisis. Rather, the more monstrous the crises, the more I am tempted to rush at it, grasp it by the horns and man-oeuvre it until it gives me what I want”
“Play is the way that human beings learn about the world. That's how we discover how things work.”
“I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.”
