A Quote by Joseph Conrad

Yet, when one thinks of it, diplomacy without force is a but a rotten reed to lean upon.

Joseph Conrad

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Diplomacy Force Lean Reed Rotten Thinks Without

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Joseph Conrad
Polish - Novelist
December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924

We need to really use the full force of diplomacy. And we need to be seen and understood to be on the side of diplomacy and international law.

Jill Stein

You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done.

Kofi Annan

I think all of our experience with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein teaches us that diplomacy has very little chance of working unless it is clear to him that if diplomacy does not work, that the threatened reality of force is there.

Tony Blair

At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean.

John Kenneth Galbraith

It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.

Alice James

A rocket is a reed that thinks brilliantly.

Jose Bergamin

We hope that diplomacy works before you ever use force. The hardest decision a president makes is ever to use force.

George W. Bush

Whenever you're playing somebody who is, by all accounts, rotten, don't focus on the rotten stuff. That stuff will take care of itself. It's already in the script; the audience is already experiencing it without you having to add an extra feel of evil. Just play them like regular people.

Cameron Britton

'Cause it's jail, everyone thinks they're bad. So this one guy was like, 'What're you gonna do, 'Lean and Bop' for us?' I was cocky, I was like 'Oh yeah? It costs five racks to see me lean and bop, It costs five racks to see me lean and bop.' But deep down inside it was hurting. It's moments like that make me hate - I feel like I sold out.

J Hus

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Blaise Pascal

Ten years from now I think people are going to look back and say Willis Reed pulled a Curt Schilling...Willis Reed scored four points. Curt Schilling went seven innings against one of the best offenses of recent memory. No offense to Willis Reed.

Theo Epstein

"Do not lean on your own understanding." That means don't bring in the crutches and lean on them, those crutches that you have designed and made to handle such situations. Stay away from them. Don't lean on them; lean on God.