I was not an activist.
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.
A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God.
The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.
Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.
I am straight forward; I am not manipulative; I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.
The wealthiest places in the world are not gold mines, oil fields, diamond mines or banks. The wealthiest place is the cemetery. There lies companies that were never started, masterpieces that were never painted… In the cemetery there is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential. There is a treasure within you that must come out. Don’t go to the grave with your treasure still within YOU.
You may charge me with murder--or want of sense-- (We are all of us weak at times): But the slightest approach to a false pretence Was never among my crimes!