I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.

Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?

There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.

Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times.

Israeli lives are worth more than Palestinian ones.

When you fight for the impossible, sometimes you lose everything.

The formula for the parameters of a unilateral solution are: To maximize the number of Jews; to minimize the number of Palestinians; not to withdraw to the 1967 border and not to divide Jerusalem.

For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

Don't ever forget that life has nothing to do with what you are doing, but has everything to do with what you are being.

Wrists are made for bracelets, not cutting.

It is difficult to say what truth is, but sometimes it is so easy to recognize a falsehood.

The poet's place, it seems to me, is with the Mr. Hydes of human nature.

Permaculture creates a cultivated ecology, which is designed to produce more human and animal food than is generally found in nature.

The flowers are ravined by bees, the fruit blossoms are thrown to the ground, the wind the rain forces everything.

Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs your vanities the wrong way.

And death makes equal the high and low.

While I'm acting I'm focused on what I'm trying to say through the character. And when I'm writing, I'm just putting down on paper or on the computer what I have to say.

We're living in a den of thieves