做外交官的秘訣是：在無話可說的時候，找點兒話說；在有話可說的時候，什么也不說。

——第九任美國駐華大使洪博培

The real secret about diplomats is that we’re trained to say something,when there is nothing to say,and to say nothing when there is something to say.

—Jon Huntsman,the ninth U.S.Ambassador to China

我發(fā)現(xiàn)欺騙外交官的藝術(shù)：我告訴他們真相，他們從不相信我。

——意大利前總理卡米洛·奔索

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats.I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

—Camillo Benso,Count of Cavour,Italy’s first Premier

外交是一門說“狗狗真棒”的藝術(shù)，直到你找到一根棍子。

——作家弗農(nóng)·麥克勒蘭

Diplomacy is the art of saying,“Nice doggie!” until you can find a stick.

—Vernon K.McLellan,author

有三種生物，他們走的時候，仿佛要來；他們來的時候，像是要走。他們是：外交官、女人和螃蟹。

——美國前國務(wù)卿約翰·海伊

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going,when they seem going they come:diplomats,women,and crabs.

—John Hay,former United States Secretary of State

無論政府做什么，明智的美國人都希望這是針對別人的。這就是外交政策背后的想法。

——諷刺作家P·J·歐魯克

Whatever it is that the government does,sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else.This is the idea behind foreign policy.

—P.J.O’Rourke,political satirist

真正的外交官能在不引起鄰舍注意的情況下，割斷對方的喉嚨。

——挪威外交家特呂格韋·賴伊

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor’s throat without having his neighbor notice it.

—Trygve Lie,Norwegian politician and diplomat