Israel Zangwill > Quotes

“Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion.”
― Israel Zangwill

“The cold cut like a many bladed knife”
― Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery

“It takes two men to make one brother.”
― Israel Zangwill

“The Creator has – I say it in all reverence - drawn a myriad red herrings across the track, but the true scientist refuses to be baffled by superficial appearances in detecting the secrets of Nature. The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie.”
― Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery

“There are three reasons why men of genius have long hair. One is, that they forget it is growing. The second is, that they like it. The third is, that it comes cheaper; they wear it long for the same reason they wear their hats long.”
― Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery

“In these electric times the criminal receives a cosmopolitan reputation. It is a privilege he shares with few other artists.”
― Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery

“It takes two to make one brother.”
― Israel Zangwill

“In lower circles it is customary to call your wife your mother; in somewhat superior circles it is the fashion to speak of her as 'the wife' as you speak of 'the Stock Exchange' or 'the Thames', without claiming any peculiar property. Instinctively men are ashamed of being moral and domesticated.”
― Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery

“MUDIE MEASURE

Ten lines make one page;
Ten pages make one point;
Two points make one chapter;
Five chapters make one episode;
Two episodes make one volume;
Three volumes make one tired.”
― Israel Zangwill, Without prejudice

“Par," said Wilfred Wimp, "what's a alleybi? A marble?" "No, my lad," said Grodman, "it means being somewhere else when you're supposed to be somewhere." "Ah, playing truant," said Wilfred self-consciously; his schoolmaster had often proved an alibi against him. "Then Denzil will be hanged.”
― Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery

“Sometimes one sees nothing but the tragedy of things.”
― Israel Zangwill, The Melting-Pot