# Coming From Behind

- Author: [Howard Jacobson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/howard-jacobson.md)
- Quotes: 3
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/howard-jacobson/coming-from-behind

## Quotes

> In the highly improbable event of his being asked to nominate the one most un-Jewish thing he could think of, Sefton Goldberg would have been hard pressed to decide between Nature – that's to say birds, trees, flowers, and country walks – and football – that's to say beer, bikies, mud, and physical pain.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/howard-jacobson/coming-from-behind/in-the-highly.md)

> In the matrimonial life of the Jewish male every day is Yom Kippur.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/howard-jacobson/coming-from-behind/in-the-matrimonial.md)

> He was as sentimental as Hitler about applause and crowds.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/howard-jacobson/coming-from-behind/he-was-as-sentimental.md)