Will Rogers Quotes

The Politician uses the language of diplomacy of which he is a master, and it consists in telling some of the truth without necessarily exhausting it.

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

I am an undiplomatic diplomat.

You have to speak diplomatically. I don't.

When diplomats meet, they are, of necessity, ambiguous, in order to get an agreement.

I know the pros and cons of not being diplomatic.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

The limits of diplomacy must be acknowledged.

Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice Doggie!” till you can find a rock.

Carrying our successful diplomacy is difficult if you do not have ears for things you do not want to hear.

The fact that talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

Talks are not the same thing as agreements.

You say different things to a foreign country in public than you say in public.

I have always done my bit to improve Indo-Pak ties, but sometimes you say something, and it is interpreted the other way.

I love to negotiate things, I do it really well, and all that stuff. But it's possible I won't be able to get along with Putin.

I have to be as much diplomat as a photographer.

Carlos, are we in complete understanding with each other?” “Yeah,” I say. “As long as it’s not in your house and you don’t know about it, you’re okay with us messin’ around.” “I know you’re joking with me. You are joking with me, aren’t you?” “Maybe.

You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.