The Palestinians are not willing to do anything, they're not willing to make the strategic decision to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorist organizations.

Cease-fire is important, but it can last only for a very, very, very short time.

We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.

We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that.

Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis.

In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.

There's no preventative measure between the Palestinians, between those terrorists to the state of Israel.

It's not a democracy here, it's the Middle East.

I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently.

Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map.

The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.

The resolute look on life closes plenty of doors.

I just wanted to do something that would freak people out. That's the best thing to do.

Gratitude requires awareness and effort, not only to feel it but to express it. Frequently we are oblivious to the Lord's hand. We murmur, complain, resist, criticize; so often we are not grateful.

I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.

I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He certainly reminds me of someone I'm working for.

I can smell when someone has a cavity. It's a very specific smell - not a bad-breath smell - but something that is really strong.

I go to work the minute I open my eyes.

The American government must finally learn lessons from the past.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.

Music's the best thing we do as humans, isn't it? Music, I mean you flail your limbs, make you move in a way you don't understand. Or it can make you weep like a sailor's wife staring at a storm.