If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more force.

But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.

Until the wolf shall lay with lamb, we'd better be the wolves.

If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.

The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.

We want peace, but not at any price.

At this place, Jews have prayed throughout the generations, and it is fitting that the message of brotherhood should go out from here.

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

The Left is acting like a young child, saying 'I want peace'... A child says 'I want candy right away,' an adult takes all of the factors into account and understands who he's dealing with.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

...a third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes--for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life.

Happiness is the inner perception of calmness, tranquility and joy.

You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.

I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.

The ending has to fit. The ending has to matter, and make sense. I could care less about whether it's happy or sad or atomic. The ending is the place where you go, “Aha. Of course. That's right.”

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

It [space] was just so incredibly adventurous and exciting to me. I just thought there was no doubt in my mind that is what I want to do when I grow up.