Isaac Deutscher Professions : Writer Born : April 3, 1907 Died : August 19, 1967 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Isaac Deutscher Trees have roots, Jews have legs. Isaac Deutscher legs roots tree I do not think that a man's rise to power is necessarily the climax of his life or that his loss of office should be equated with his fall. Isaac Deutscher loss men fall A man once jumped from the top floor of a burning house in which many members of his family had already perished. He managed to save his life; but as he was falling he hit a person standing down below and broke that person's legs and arms. The jumping man had no choice; yet to the man with the broken limbs he was the cause of his misfortune. If both behaved rationally, they would not become enemies. Isaac Deutscher jumping men fall Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors