"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 Quotes #Diplomats Quotes

“Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.”

Source : Nathalie Sarraute (1990). “The age of suspicion: essays on the novel”, George Braziller
“There are people who follow me on Twitter and tell me how much they don't like me, how much they don't want me on the show, and that they hope I die. And it's not just about the character. They tell me how they've never liked Scott Foley, and that he's a stupid, white, plain-bread looking fool.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lordâ€™s plan to give us challenges.”
“You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for the benefit of the race.”
“Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness mean? It means you appreciate what is. You value, you give attention to, you honor whatever is here at this moment.”
“There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.”
“Being a woman is interesting, but it shouldnâ€™t stop you from being a person.”
“If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.”

Source : "How Mariano Rivera Can Help You Hit a Home Run With Your Credit" by Jeanne Kelly, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.

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