Quotes By Joseph Epstein
Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.
Joseph Epstein
My wife who is non-Jewish regrets it all the time that I can say these terrible things about fellow Jews and she can't.
Joseph Epstein
In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.
Joseph Epstein
One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.
Joseph Epstein
I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.
Joseph Epstein
I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.
Joseph Epstein
By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.
Joseph Epstein
I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They are not infrequent.
Joseph Epstein
The decisive moment in the defeat of upper class, capital-S, Society may have come when, in newspapers all over the nation, what used to be call the Society page was replaced by the Style section.
Joseph Epstein
Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that it has changed your outlook in some ways. And not necessarily made you a better human being but made you see things.
Joseph Epstein
I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks.
Joseph Epstein