“Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”

Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.’ Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved.

Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives

You can’t achieve anything without getting in someone’s way. You can’t be detached and effective.

Israel is not an aviary.

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.

Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to an Israeli scientific research program]

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People’s sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name.

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.

A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.

I miss Seattle a lot. It was my first city that I lived in on my own. It was a great city to play for. It was unfortunate for the fans what happened, but it’s time to move on.

When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.

To live in the past is to miss today’s opportunities and tomorrow’s blessings.

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.

If you want someone to miss you, go secretly and spray your fragrance somewhere.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

It’s very much up to you, how you shape your life. I mean, I missed out on human relationships. But looking at relationships that I’ve seen along the way, I don’t think I’ve missed much.