A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.

When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs.

An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?.

Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood from time to time.

I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism.

Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber.

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

By the reduction of the Arabs on the one hand and Jewish immigration in the transition period on the other, we will ensure an absolute Hebrew majority in a parliamentary regime.

Once the return tide starts, it will be impossible to stem it, and it will prove our undoing.

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

Never entertain anger. Great people do not become angry over unnecessary issues.

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world.

It's two days until tax time. I know it's late, but there is still time to deduct this show as a loss.

I couldn't live without something that touches my heart. No one should.

I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.

Growing up, I loved Bill Cosby and Bob Newhart. They are a big reason I'm a storyteller because they are two of the best.

We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.