
“Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.”
On life in hiding from Nazi authorities during World War II, p. 48
To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue (2000)
Context: I lived altogether in nine different places while in hiding, because whenever something happened, either someone betrayed the place or something happened to someone who knew where I was, I had to move. The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.
“Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.”
Therefore these words were a thorn in their eyes and a scourge on their backs.
Socratic Memorabilia, J. Flaherty, trans. (Baltimore: 1967), pp. 165-167.
“How dreadful… to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.”
Source: Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
“Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.”
Source: Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
Source: Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), Chapter Seven, "Honor and Degradation", p. 175
A Curmudgeon (1961).
As quoted in Can't Anybody here Play This Game? (1963) by Jimmy Breslin; reproduced in "Rocene's Sport Jabs" by Ray Rocene, in The Missoulian (April 21, 1963), p. 11