In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.

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.

A poet could kill the dead.

Your solution is in the next person

The greatest gifts you can give your team: clarity, communication, and pulling people together around a shared mission.

Dulce bellum inexpertis. - War is lovely for those who know nothing about it.

All creations demand greenery of spirt. 

While I love working on dramatic characters and stories, it's comedy that I love the most. For me, it's incredibly rewarding to make a person laugh. Laughter is one of the greatest parts of life.

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear of God, which lets us love and foster peace.

I may not agree with what you have to say but I will fight you to the death for the right to fight you to the death.

What are your Axioms, and Categories, and Systems, and Aphorisms? Words, words.... Be not the slave of Words.

Beauty's easy. Modeling is not just about being pretty.