#diplomat

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #diplomat




Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.


Fay Godwin


#artist #became #berlin #born #british

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.


Edward Heath


#diplomat #man #nothing #says #thinks

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.


Joseph Stalin


#dry #iron #like #sincere #water

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.


Charles de Gaulle


#drop #drown #every #fair #only

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.


Charles de Gaulle


#bourgeois #diplomats #i #me #metro

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.


Tom Lantos


#american public #delays #diplomatic #limited #patience

Hitler was such an anomalous character - he was so over-the-top chaotic in his approach to statesmanship, his manner and in the violence which overwhelmed the country initially. I think diplomats around the world... felt like something like that simply would not be tolerated by the people of Germany.


Erik Larson


#around #by the people #chaotic #character #country

We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.


Gary Locke


#china #come #diplomatic #diplomatic relations #first

I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.


Peter Ustinov


#convinced #diplomats #foreign #future #i

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.


Vladimir Putin


#account #compromise #diplomatic #interests #into