Alfred Denning, Baron Denning famous quotes

When a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. When he says perhaps, he means no. When he says no, he is not a diplomat. When a lady says no, she means perhaps. When she says perhaps, she means yes. But when she says yes, she is no lady.
-- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

#Mean #Diplomats

Limitation is not a matter of justice. It is a rule of public policy which has its origin in history and its justification in convenience.
-- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

#Justice #Matter #Convenience

The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.
-- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

#Country #Prayer #House

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.
-- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

#Land #Things In Life #Envy

We shouldn't have all these campaigns to get the Birmingham Six released if they'd been hanged. They'd have been forgotten and the whole community would be satisfied.
-- Alfred Denning, Baron Denning

#Community #Would Be #Campaigns

Television in the 1960s & 70s had just as much dross and the programmes were a lot more tediously patronising than they are now. Memory truncates occasional gems into a glittering skein of brilliance. More television, more channels means more good television and, of course, more bad. The same equation applies to publishing, film and, I expect, sumo wrestling.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

God wants us to speak to men so that they will feel it, so that they will never forget it. God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.

I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.