“A
diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never
remembers her age.”
Robert Frost
I
have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and
they never believe me.
Di Cavour
There
are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception.
When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded
that nothing was accomplished.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Diplomats
were invented simply to waste time.
David Lloyd George
Diplomacy
is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Isaac Goldberg
A
diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you actually look forward to the trip.
Caskie Stinnett
Diplomacy
is thinking twice before saying nothing.
Anonymous