Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
“Let’s not forget—we already have a highly ranked officer secretly working for us at Patch Barracks, V Corps headquarters.” — Karl Braungart Copy Share Image
In a chaotic world, U.S. diplomats will probably have even less contact with the people they need to reach. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I have so much respect for policy makers and diplomats, but I could never be a politician because of the way they… — Azita Ghanizada Copy Share Image
Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even… — Arthur Dean Copy Share Image
Mexican writer and diplomat, "Pasado en claro" ("A Draft of Shadows") You learn something the day you die. You learn how to… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as… — Greg Kinnear Copy Share Image
God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will… — Regis Debray Copy Share Image
Madman drummers, bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat. In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Only men of considerable vanity write books; consistently therewith, I worried lest the world were exchanging an irreplaceable author for a more… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats… — Tom Lantos Copy Share Image
We have Mr. Putin in Russia. And he appears to be a popular president of Russia. And I don't think it's the… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders,… — John B. Larson Copy Share Image
My dad is an ambassador. My brother is a diplomat. I doubt that I could be doing anything else other than being… — Woody Milintachinda Copy Share Image
What I'm loving about Hilary Clinton is that she has the job that's been held mostly by men. She's made it her… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
When we put our trust in diplomacy, it is not because it is an inspiring or uplifting discourse or because it helps… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
My view on global warming is that it's a gigantic financial scam to funnel money to these countries that think they ostensibly… — Don Imus Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the United States is that when it comes to world affairs, the president obviously is the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'd trained to be a diplomat but the state department said I was too liberal. I saw an ad in the New… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
If the government were obliged to come to the people for money instead of vice-versa, the people would keep government under control… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“he was one of those diplomats who like and know how to work, and, despite his laziness, he occasionally spent nights at… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries. — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on. — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smoldering one — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The sexual organs are the most sensitive organs of the human being. They are not diplomats. They tell the truth. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Most other documents leaked to WikiLeaks do not carry the same explosive potential as candid cables written by American diplomats. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for… — Stellan Skarsgard Copy Share Image
Music has a role, fashion has a role, cinema has a role, intellectuals have a role, parliamentarians, politicians, diplomats - all of… — Riyad Mansour Copy Share Image
Ah, these diplomats! What chatterboxes! There's only one way to shut them up - cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future . — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and… — John Hay Copy Share Image
a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it -… — Margery Wilson Copy Share Image
The NSC staff should not, as it has in the past, duplicate the work of military officers, diplomats or intelligence officers. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
You use to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat, who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
