Any Ambassador or Foreign Service Officer who has his or her head screwed on right knows that the U.S. position in the world is far more dependent on our ability to compete in world markets.

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.

There are sometimes problems for which there is no immediate solution, and there are sometimes problems for which there is no solution.

Americans usually believe that nothing is impossible.

There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas.

The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.

My father was somewhat to the right of Genghis Khan.

In the best of all worlds everyone in the Embassy is doing something to assist U.S. exports.

One nuclear war is going to be the last nuclear - the last war, frankly, if it really gets out of hand. And I just don't think we ought to be prepared to accept that sort of thing.

We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice.

Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event. Discipline your mind to think positively

In time of macromental change, only the adaptable survive.

Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself.

In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god.

The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker.

It's hard to wind down, but then I beat myself up because I have a tense back.

Assumptions are what we don't know we are making

Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

I do believe that almost everything I do is based on my feelings, not on my intellect. Though But we won't chase ourselves up the particular sentiment, or we'll get lost.