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

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.

I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

Being happy is a requisite for longevity.

Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

Gravity is more suggestive than convincing.

Temptation is not a sin but playing with temptation invites sin.

The first sense of mutual love excludes other feelings; it will have the soul all to itself.

On Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures.

I was so afraid that the athletes wouldn't talk to me because I'm a woman.

Anxiety and lust are evicting the older passions.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

I had no concept of this [healthy food] until very, very late in life, thanks to a trainer/nutritionist that I met who has been working with me since I was forty-five.