Kingman Brewster Jr Quotes

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.

While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.

You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.