To the extent that Israel does face threats, like from say Hamas or Hezbollah, those are threats that do not jeopardise Israel's existence.

Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.

Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.

The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.

Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing.

All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.

I’m scared that you’ll make me love you…and then you’ll leave me.

As an outsider I was free to pick my own literary traditions, to build my own system of literary values.

What about you? You didn't even think twice about following those two. They say, 'Let's go onto the ice' and right away you say, 'Where do I put my paws?' If you ask me, you're the brave one.

Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.

To be a comedian, you gotta jokesmith, there's no way around it.

There are two infinities in this world: God up above, and down below, human baseness.

The feeling one has after coming to know American women is that they are starving at their sources.

If you ever start to feel good about yourself... .... they have this thing called the internet.