Quote by Thomas Pickering
In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. – Thomas Pickering

Other quotes by Thomas Pickering
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Diplomacy
category

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

Category:
Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie! till you can find a rock. – Wynn Catlin

Category:
Diplomacy

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. – David Lloyd George

Category:
Diplomacy

Diplomacy: The business of handling a porcupine without disturbing the quills. – Author Unknown

Category:
Diplomacy

Random Quotes

I like progress but I hate change. – Jon Bon Jovi

Category:
Change

The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. Its astounding. Maybe they cant see or they cant hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. Theyre models of courage, in a strange way. – James Hillman

Category:
Courage

I probably wouldnt be a songwriter if I didnt grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age thats served me well. – Ray LaMontagne

Category:
Wisdom

And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age. – Lisa See

Category:
Beauty