95 Quotes by Yair Lapid

Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion.

Social revolutions are never simple.

When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners.

Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions.

Succeeding in life is a difficult business - you need to work 16 hours a day, face failures along the way, remember that nobody owes you a thing, and take risks.

The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.

People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.

When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.

The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.