Lazar Wolf How is your brother-in-law? In America?
Oh, he's doing very well.
Lazar Wolf Oh, he wrote you?
No, not lately.
Lazar Wolf Then how do you know?
If he was doing badly, he would write.
Fiddler on the Roof quotes
Page 2 of 3 Lazar Wolf Lazar Wolf Lazar Wolf In this world it is the wealthy who are criminals. Someday their wealth will be ours.
That would be nice. If they would agree, I would agree.
Chava [to Tevye]
The world is changing, Papa.
Motel Kamzoil Even a poor tailor is entitled to some happiness!
Lazar Wolf Have a drink?
I won't insult you by saying no.
I'm a very good teacher.
Hodel
I heard that the Rabbi who must congratulate himself has a congregation of one.
Constable You're an honest, decent person. Even though you are a Jew.
Oh... Thank you, your honor. How often does a man get a compliment like that?
Hodel
We only have one Rabbi, and he only has one son. Why shouldn't I want the best?
[to God]
Sometimes I wonder, when it gets too quiet up there, if You are thinking, "What kind of mischief can I play on My friend Tevye?"
Now listen, Tzeitel! If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
Thank you, your honor. You are a good man. If I may say so, it's too bad you're not a Jew.
Constable [laughs]
That's what I like about you, Tevye. You're always joking.
You'll all chatter yourselves away into the grave.
[to God]
It may sound like I'm complaining, but I'm not. After all, with Your help, I'm starving to death.
Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... as... as a fiddler on the roof!