Philosophy Quote by Paul Theroux

“Ambassadors, of course, do not blush. It is a requisite of the job that they can sustain any manner of insult without any visible…

— Sarah Dunant

“I had a keen delight in receiving the new ideas he offered, in imagining the new pictures he portrayed, and following him in thought…

— Charlotte Brontë

“He was one of those people whose ideas are too lively to be confined in their brains and spill out into the world to…

— Susanna Clarke

“Why bother with other people's worlds made of words? was his philosophy.”

— Sara Nelson

“He was one of those people whose ideas are too lively to be confined in their brains and spill out into the world to…

— Susanna Clarke

“Diplomats and politicians, blowing with the wind. No substance, no beliefs, no real friendships.”

— Andrew Crofts

“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.”

— Craig Brown

“Philosophy? What good is that?” Isn’t it the art of saying nothing with as many words as possible?”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Oratees are addicts. Strung out on an Ambassador’s Language.”

— China Miéville

“I always feel the greatest bliss when I recollect those I have caught in my snares, for they generally are insolent, and so self-conceited…

— Giacomo Casanova

“An ambassador is someone who thinks twice before he says nothing” - attributed to one of India's ambassadors in Argentina at the time.”

— Tony Leon

“I didn’t yet know that romantic heroes—famous and not—are usually aimless nomads in disguise.”

— Sherman Alexie