Courage is ... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.

The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral character and human values.

In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.

The present map of Palestine was drawn by the British mandate. The Jewish people have another map which our youth and adults should strive to fulfill: from the Nile to the Euphrates.

We regard it as our duty to declare that Jewish Jerusalem is an organic and inseparable part of the State of Israel, as it is an inseparable part of the history of Israel, of the faith of Israel.

It's not enough to be up to date, you have to be up to tomorrow.

It is in the Negev that the creativity and pioneer vigor of Israel shall be tested.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.

No city in the world, not even Athens or Rome, ever played as great a role in the life of a nation for so long a time, as Jerusalem has done in the life of the Jewish people.

We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.

the currency of the future will be memory

Quit talkin' about it and be about it!

It got to the point where it became logical: if a woman was fiercely intelligent, outspoken and passionate, I’d look towards her arms for the scars. They were almost always there.

Life…never gave me a chance to be soft.

I love bold, colorful party dresses because they don't need accessories. Just throw one on and you're done.

If the monkeys had been concerned only with monkey Beings they would never have become men.

The cruelest thing, hope, the way it strings you along, the way it makes you believe.

The hype that follows me doesn't bug me. I expect more out of myself than anyone else does, that's for sure.

Camera's are cheap. It's the lenses that are expensive.

Every plant has its fitness and must be placed in its proper surroundings so as to bring out its full beauty. Therein lies the art of landscaping.