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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.
I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex read more
I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause
Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce read more
Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
Buying is cheaper than asking.
Buying is cheaper than asking.
A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.
A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.
Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? read more
Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.
Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, read more
Diplomacy is a disguised war, in which states seek to gain by barter and intrigue, by the cleverness of arts, the objectives which they would have to gain more clumsily by means of war.
A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.
A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.