Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.
‐‐ Daniel Pipes
Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.
‐‐ John Roos
Diplomacy is like jazz: endless variations on a theme.
‐‐ Richard Holbrooke
Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.
‐‐ Bo Bennett
Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.
‐‐ John Bolton
Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats.
‐‐ Evgeny Morozov
Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia.
‐‐ Alan Greenspan
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
‐‐ Isaac Goldberg
Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.
‐‐ Barbara Tuchman
Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.
‐‐ David Frost
Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.
‐‐ Henry A. Kissinger
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
‐‐ Charles de Gaulle
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.
‐‐ Margaret Sanger
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
‐‐ David Lloyd George
Diplomats willing to sit for an interview usually prefer the terra firma of CNN over the whoopee cushion of Comedy Central.
‐‐ Kevin Bleyer
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like 'Brothers in Arms' and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.
‐‐ Alexei Sayle
Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.
‐‐ Carlos Mesa
Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.
‐‐ Emma Goldman
Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.
‐‐ Barbara Kruger
Direct confrontation, direct conversation is real respect. And it's amazing how many people get that.
‐‐ Penn Jillette
Direct flights facilitate business. They facilitate business-to-business collaborations. I think anything that makes it easier to bring two areas together is a significant benefit to deepening relations and connections.
‐‐ John Roos
Direct mail was the basis of a lot of new Right organizations in the '70s and early '80s, and it actually led to the downfall of the majority of them. It's very expensive, and you end up putting your organization more and more in debt if you're not successful with it.
‐‐ Nina Easton
Direct navigation traffic is by far the most highly targeted form of web traffic available.
‐‐ Marc Ostrofsky
Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.
‐‐ Robert Delaunay
Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis.
‐‐ Reuven Rivlin
Direct threats require decisive action.
‐‐ Dick Cheney
Direct your energy toward achieving a goal, and tackle the problems with an emphasis on edging closer to a successful result.
‐‐ Harvey Mackay
Directing a film is a lot of work.
‐‐ Fred Durst
Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.
‐‐ Mahesh Babu
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.
‐‐ Martin Donovan
Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.
‐‐ Kevin Spacey
Directing a movie is a little bit like being back in student government and putting on the homecoming dance. You're like, 'You put up the streamers, and you hire the DJ, and you get the punch bowl.' Some people are just like, 'This dance sucks.' And you're like, 'No no, this dance is awesome!' You have to be really positive.
‐‐ Mike Birbiglia
Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.
‐‐ Fred Durst
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
‐‐ Bruce Beresford
Directing at seven-and-a-half months pregnant was lots of fun.
‐‐ Kim Fields
Directing can be very lonely and quite intimidating.
‐‐ Asif Kapadia
Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas. My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.
‐‐ Melissa Rosenberg
Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.
‐‐ James Franco
Directing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has been an intense and incredible journey for which I am hugely grateful. I have Universal to thank for that.
‐‐ Sam Taylor-Johnson
Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.
‐‐ Anton Corbijn
Directing films is incredibly exciting to me.
‐‐ Jason Bateman
Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.
‐‐ Christopher McQuarrie
Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
‐‐ Eric Stoltz
Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.
‐‐ Otto Preminger
Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun.
‐‐ Ang Lee
Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director.
‐‐ Ricky Schroder
Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second, you'll miss something and things will get screwed up. And here's a little secret that I'm going to let out of the bag: That is not the case with acting.
‐‐ Misha Collins
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions you don't have to make when you're writing.
‐‐ Charlie Kaufman
Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.
‐‐ Philip Seymour Hoffman
Directing is a tremendous art.
‐‐ Steve Guttenberg