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To me designing has never been a job or profession. It's a way of life, like a priest or rabbi. — Ed Benguiat

If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? — Hillel The Elder

Silence is the fence around wisdom — Rabbi Akiva

As long as a man does not sin, he is feared. As soon as he sins, he himself is in fear. — Rabbi Ishmael

In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship. — Rabbi Akiva

Still, I'd like to know how you came up with that line of reasoning." "You can thank a rabbi," Javna said. "And a hot dog. — John Scalzi

I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's heartbeat. — Brennan Manning

It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith an emphasis on what is permitted. — Ovadia Yosef

Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva. — Meir Soloveichik

I was born in Jerusalem with a religious background and a rabbi as a father ... it was rather poor, but what we did have, we did have books. — Ada Yonath

Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq. — Fran Lebowitz

Life would be so much easier if everyone read my book — Celso Cukierkorn

Far too many people are signing up to become slaves to their credit card companies. — Celso Cukierkorn

If you hesitate before going into a dark room, or are wondering what that noise really was then I have acheieved my perpose — Rabbi Cohen

I'm not a practicing kabbalist. I'm not a spiritual master. I'm not a rabbi. I don't - but it's part of who I am. — John Zorn

If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? — Rabbi Hillel

A rabbi told me that when you have two problems - one near, one not so near - concentrate on the immediate one. — Ariel Sharon

You have to let go of what is holding you back. — Celso Cukierkorn

I believe that the true definition of wealth is loving what you have rather than what you don't have. — Celso Cukierkorn

If the plural of "octopus" is "octopi" then why isn't the plural of "rabbit" "rabbi"? Is it just because "octopuses" is too much fun to say? * — Jenny Lawson

We use money that we don't have to show off to people that we don't even like. — Celso Cukierkorn

One should find wholeness in marriage, Gabriel, but it should not be a prison for either party, said Rabbi Loew. — Deborah Harkness

Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted. — Rabbi Akiva

Some of us aim at being good
I prefer to aim at being better — Celso Cukierkorn

The rabbi glanced over glumly from behind the jail bars. 'My faith in God is fine,' he said. 'It's people I'm not so sure about. — Richard Fliegel

The world always pays you less than you are worth. Don't sell yourself short even further. — Celso Cukierkorn

The paper burns, but the words fly away. — Rabbi Akiva

I want a priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister. I want to hedge my bets. — Wilson Mizner

Before you taste anything, recite a blessing. — Rabbi Akiva

Remember that while Christians say "Jesus saves," we Jews say "Moses invests. — Celso Cukierkorn

The rabbi is often the regular preacher in the synagogue, the man whose sermons offer his community more general theological and moral guidance. — David Novak

That which is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Law. The rest is commentary. Now go and learn. — Rabbi Hillel

I'm a lesbian and I'd rather you bully me than a thirteen-year-old kid. — Dan Savage

Luxury items are those things that are mass-produced by a third party and marketed to us to purchase so that we can express our individuality. — Celso Cukierkorn

She is not for you. She is a wild one
wild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi. — Bernard Malamud

Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you. — Rabbi Hillel

If I see any politician or a priest or an imam or a rabbi in the Paradise, I will give up believing in God! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt. — David Novak

If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul.-Rabbi Nachman — Martin Buber

Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness. — Rabbi Akiva

Rabbi Heshel said: "A man should be like a vessel that willingly receives what its owner pours into it, whether it be wine or vinegar. — Martin Buber

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi. — Darrel Ray

Given the circumstances, I think the rabbi did a very good job. What did you think?"
"It's my policy not to review funerals. — A.M. Homes

I was born in Waukegan a long, long time ago. As a matter of fact, our rabbi was an Indian. — Jack Benny

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi. — Brennan Manning

He who refuses to learn deserves extinction. — Rabbi Hillel

Come on people! Somebody disagree with me! How can we learn anything if no one will disagree?" Rabbi Stern — Athol Dickson

How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt. — Arthur Hertzberg

Life is a very narrow bridge between two eternities. Be not afraid.
Rabbi Nachman of Braslav — Nachman Cohen

There comes a time in every rabbi's life when he thinks he's Moses. — Silvia Tennenbaum

All our lives we measure ourselves based on our height, but during a crisis we should measure ourselves in-depth. — Celso Cukierkorn

Some call it Marxism - I call it Judaism. — Genrikh Yagoda

In my mind, the function of the bank is to save your money. The bank should not cost you money. — Celso Cukierkorn

The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din. — Ephraim Mirvis

I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi. — Ephraim Mirvis

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi. — Jake Epstein

Rabbi Marx pointed out to me that there is a verse in Isaiah that says, "You are my witness. I am the Lord, — Thomas L. Friedman

Slavery as we know today is about the mind not the body. — Rabbi Gabriel Cousins

Cheap people often are not very happy because they love money more than they love their families — Celso Cukierkorn

The only thing operating on me was my God-given renewing body and his miraculous healing foods. — Celso Cukierkorn

My father was a rabbi and had a little synagogue in Canada, so I'm from Canada. I left there at 16. — David Steinberg

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when? — Pirkei Avot

Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest. — Rodger Kamenetz

God answers every prayer, Rabbi Schumann once told him, years ago. Mostly His answer is 'no'. — Paul Russell

Leverage is a term that makes us sound very sophisticated and wise when we use it. Let's analyze what it really means. — Celso Cukierkorn

Historically, the rabbis are split on the question of dreams. None of them denied their power. — Rodger Kamenetz

An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so! — Lionel Blue

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. God is merciful. — Louis Finkelstein

Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them. — Solomon Schechter

I am not a priest, I am not an imam, I am not a rabbi and I am implementing the French laws on every French citizen. — Jacques Myard

Rabbi Alfred Bettleheim once said: "Prejudice saves us a painful trouble, the trouble of thinking. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg

A fence to wisdom is silence. — Rabbi Akiva

He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image. — Rabbi Akiva

Have you ever wondered why your financial situation is not better even though you make more money now than you did when you were younger? — Celso Cukierkorn

I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things. — Lionel Blue

God is my best friend. I talk to God every day. And no one can tell me how to talk to God - not no imam, not no priest, not no rabbi, no pastor. — Eve

One of the best lessons we can learn is humility. You should define your material possessions; they shouldn't define you. # — Celso Cukierkorn

Whether a man favors crepes and classical or cornbread and country, the complexities of life are all the same.
-The Rabbi- — J. Frank Dunkin

I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest. — George Steiner

Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed. — Tony Campolo

("Tell me," a rabbi asked Daniel Bell when he said, as a child, that he did not believe in God. "Do you think God cares?") — Joan Didion

Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya? — Martin Buber

Today, we are the only people who are more likely to own a professional sports team than to play for one. — Celso Cukierkorn

The one thing needed is the decision to live so continually in Jesus' presence as to be always covered with the dust of the rabbi. Martha got — John Ortberg Jr.

My brothers were rabbis. My grandfather was a rabbi. — Saul Leiter

Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya. — Walter Kaufmann

You can't appreciate a great day unless you've experienced bad ones. - Rabbi Glassman — Simone Elkeles

Smart people always choose comfort over luxury — Celso Cukierkorn

'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher. — Ephraim Mirvis