A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
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.
A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
A distinguished diplomat could hold his tongue in ten languages.
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
Diplomacy is the art of saying ''Nice doggie!'' till you can find a rock.
Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.
If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.
My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.
Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.
Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.
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.
To act with doubleness towards a man whose own conduct was double, was so near an approach to virtue that it deserved to be called by no meaner name than diplomacy.