Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise diplomacy included which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public hence ultimately of failure.

War is failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science environmental management government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.

My dad was a diplomat and after living in America where I was born he was posted to Cairo.

My family moved - first to Washington D.C. and then in the spring of 1975 to Lebanon where my father worked as a diplomat at the American embassy. My parents were enthusiastic about the move so my older brother and I felt like we were off to some place kind of cool.

However even during the preparations for action we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted.

Many kids come out of college they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

Diplomacy n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art in graphics and illustration.

To say nothing especially when speaking is half the art of diplomacy.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.