Quotes by Diplomats

If we are to create a new agenda for family/work policies, employers and employees have to take a seat at the same table and recognize their mutual gains. Madeleine M. Kunin
Employees Recognize Table Mutual Take New Employers Policies Same Gains Agenda Create Seat
Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down. Madeleine M. Kunin
Video Games Women Videos Big Young Down Believe Rapidly Would Would-Be Seem More Mostly Boy Were Against Video Created Viewed Games Thing Toned Violence
There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters. Madeleine M. Kunin
Home Woman Guide Some Voters Female Still Quarters Tradition Lingers Southern Role Role Models Models Place Many
The vice presidential candidate does not usually make much difference at the polls. But that may be changing as voters become more aware that the understudy must be ready to take over if needed. Madeleine M. Kunin
Become Changing Presidential Must More Take Over Voters Make Does Ready Candidate May Difference Polls Vice Much Aware Needed
I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs. Madeleine M. Kunin
Day You Courage Political Own Group Pushed Around Got Bullied Going Your Beliefs Inner
Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life. Madeleine M. Kunin
Life Age My Life Feeling Important Somehow Something Had Got Early Early Age
I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign? Madeleine M. Kunin
Women Dangerous Thought National Club Down Sign Could Take Allowed Particularly Were Refuses Golf Golf Club Golfers Reason
Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed? Madeleine M. Kunin
Home Money Asthma Lawmakers Determines Only Voices Unemployed Gets Done Listen Owners Often Banks Which CEOs Elected Coal Who Companies
We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed. Madeleine M. Kunin
Made Goodness Greed Generosity Stuff Selfishness Same Same Stuff Basically
Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how. Madeleine M. Kunin
Compromise Adult Learn How Refuse Children
Sometimes compromise is painful. Madeleine M. Kunin
Sometimes Compromise Painful
It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all. Madeleine M. Kunin
Time Side Recognize Compromise Wins Loses Means
We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on. Madeleine M. Kunin
Daily World Assume Otherwise Our Carry Both Could Safe Sane Lives Daily Lives
Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive. Madeleine M. Kunin
Best Democracy Heart Speak Disagree Other Side Our Way Alive Destroying Best Way Civil Beat Exchanges Protect Without Heard Precious Essential Them Keeping Right Fragile Preserve
When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power. Madeleine M. Kunin
Women Tears Men Power Equal Shed Quantity Women And Men Public
To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice. Madeleine M. Kunin
Justice Corporation Equate Person
When people have lost their jobs or are afraid of losing their jobs in the future, they lash out. They want others to know about their fears, their pain. Madeleine M. Kunin
Future People Losing Fears Lost Pain Others Out Jobs About Know Afraid Want Lash
Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong. Madeleine M. Kunin
War Good World Thought Bad Wrong Retrospect Were Iraq Really Vietnam Wars Right World War World War II
When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important. Madeleine M. Kunin
Saying Man Woman Listening Will First Important Secondly Say About He She Him Reveals Been Listen Want Much Views Shows Her
Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened. Madeleine M. Kunin
Men Power White Slowly Loosened Privileged Being Poor
What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them. Madeleine M. Kunin
Work Man Woman See Both Terms Does How Still Them Themselves Works
Walking around the streets with our dog is what we did all the time in Washington. Making friends with new people is something we did a lot in Washington. Traveling overseas is something that my wife Robyn and I really enjoyed together. This is really who we are. Mark Lippert
Time Together People Dog Wife Our Something New Around Making Overseas Lot New People Friends Walking Did Really Who Washington Traveling Enjoyed Streets
I think the best part of learning a language is that you can see the country's culture through the language. And it gives you different levels of understanding of that culture when you really try to dig in and learn it. Mark Lippert
Best You Learning Culture Try Language Country Understanding Think Dig Best Part See Gives Through Part Learn Different Different Levels Really Levels
I'm like a point guard. Barack is about ideas and questions, and I don't have all the answers. He trusts me to pass the ball to others to give him points of view. Mark Lippert
Me Guard Others About Give Point Point Guard Points He Like Ideas Him Ball Pass Answers Questions Trusts Barack View
When you're going off to Iraq, your horizons become more short term. Mark Lippert
You Become Horizons More Term Iraq Off Going Short Short-Term Your
The U.N. has brought peace and order to many places around the world. However, terrorism, violent extremism, violations of human rights, natural disasters caused by climate change - they all threaten the lives of people today. Add migration, insufficient health care, lack of education, and the picture gets even bleaker. Miroslav Lajcak
Education Today Health Terrorism Change Peace Rights Natural People World Care Picture Natural Disasters Human Rights Add Extremism Threaten Brought Disasters Insufficient Health Care Around Climate Climate Change Caused However Gets Lack Human Order Places Migration Many Even Lives Violations Violent
Load more quotes
About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025