Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East read more

The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, laws and medical care are very different. We strive to make sure that travelers have the same information we as diplomats have. Americans and Western interests are targets, and Americans should be aware of that.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

We welcome the fact that it was made, we think that it's a positive step, but there's also an agreement read more

We welcome the fact that it was made, we think that it's a positive step, but there's also an agreement that it's an insufficient step,

One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.

One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.

He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture.

He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture.

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to read more

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction.

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. read more

Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you

There is interest in Kuwait and Iran regarding cooperation on the issue of restoration, as the dried marshes adversely affects read more

There is interest in Kuwait and Iran regarding cooperation on the issue of restoration, as the dried marshes adversely affects all three of those countries and others on the [Persian] Gulf. Turkey and Syria need to also be engaged to help in the management of the water resources of the entire basin.