| |
| Diplomacy: The art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ~ Wynn Catlin |
| Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. ~ Daniele Vare |
| A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age. ~ Robert Frost |
| Diplomat: A person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. ~ Caskie Stinett, |
| Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. ~ Charles de Gaulle |
Diplomacy is to do and say
The nastiest thing in the nicest way.
~ Bisaac Goldberg |
| When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he says no he is no diplomat. ~ Author Unknown |
| A diplomat’s life is made up of three ingredients: Protocol, Geritol, and alcohol. ~ Adlai E. Stevenson |
| A Foreign Secretary is forever poised between the cliché and the indiscretion. ~ Harold MacMillan |
| An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. ~ Henry Wotton, |
|
| Diplomacy: The business of handling a porcupine without disturbing the quills. ~ Author Unknown |
| I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of diplomacy is to prolong a crisis. ~ Star Trek |