The Palestinian people have no national identity. I, Yasser Arafat, man of destiny, will give them that identity through conflict with Israel.

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations...

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

All religious wars are about people arguing over who has the biggest invisible friend.

Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.

Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs,... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem.

We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!

We do not want to destroy any people. It is precisely because we have been advocating coexistence that we have shed so much blood.

In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth.

A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making.

Every time I trust my instincts I land on my feet and every time I don't, I go, "Why didn't I trust my instinct?"

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

It is in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.

Like as the culver on the bared bough Sits mourning for the absence of her mate

You are such a chick.” I widened my eyes in mock surprise. “No way. Are you sure?

Most of us, if we are truly honest with ourselves, have an ever-evolving and ever-growing list of what we think we must change in order to be at peace or to be happy.

Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you.

America needs to get over it. We can't control everything. We can't control the storms.

I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.