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
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
Make it plain that you have no time for war, that you have more important things to do…let the diplomats and marshals… — Wilhelm Reich 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
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
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 symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians. — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
The level of our political trust [with China] is also very high. We have similar positions on major international issues or even,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
And so it has appeared to some analysts and diplomats that the White House and us are playing as one team toward… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, of course, is a subtle and nuanced craft, so much so that it's said that when the most wily diplomat of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Jason Rezaian is finally headed home. He's the correspondent for The Washington Post who was held in Iran for a year and… — Renee Montagne Copy Share Image
Let's make a deal with the Serbs. Neither history nor emotion in the Balkans will permit multinationalism. We have to give up… — Franjo Tudjman Copy Share Image
The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak… — Dexter Filkins Copy Share Image
I would also make sure that their diplomats are treated like the pariahs they are around the world, the same way we… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
For everyone who, having no artistic sense-that is to say, no submission to subjective reality-may have the knack of reasoning about art… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
One reason why so many people are unhappy, not knowing why, is that they have burdened their minds with resentments. These evil… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
“By exerting ourselves through unnecessary or irrelevant speech or action, we increase the risk of conflict by a million percent. By meeting… — Monaristw Copy Share Image
I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place… — John Gimlette 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
The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing… — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
“Diplomats and politicians, blowing with the wind. No substance, no beliefs, no real friendships.” — Andrew Crofts Copy Share Image
If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi. It was a terrible tragedy losing four Americans - two diplomats and,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
There are no innocents in Gaza, don't let any diplomats who want to look good in the world endanger your lives -… — Michael Ben-Ari Copy Share Image
My advice to any diplomat who wants to have good press is to have two or three kids and a dog. — Carl T. Rowan Copy Share Image
Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
When we did Diplomats music, it was all genuine, and I think that's why people love it so much, because they seen… — Cam'ron Copy Share Image
Many nights he lay there dreaming awake of secret cafés in Mont Marte, where ivory women delved in romantic mysteries with diplomats… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Foreign diplomats could have modeled their conduct on the way the Negro postmen, Pullman porters, and dining car waiters of Roxbury [Massachusetts]… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled… — Fay Godwin Copy Share Image
Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I… — Donita K. Paul Copy Share Image
I'm a diplomat by nature. I help find the middle ground. I crack a joke and use humour to help resolve potentially… — Ronnie Wood Copy Share Image
It looks like the financial giants of the world have bungled as much as the diplomats and politicians. This would be a… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image