The Function Of A Briefing Paper Is

While The Spoken Word Can Travel Faster, You Can't Take It Home In Your Hand. Only The Written Word Can Be Absorbed Wholly At The Convenience Of The Reader.

There Is No Greater Challenge Than To Have Someone Relying Upon You; No Greater Satisfaction Than To Vindicate His Expectation.

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.

If I Take Refuge In Ambiguity, I Assure You That It's Quite Conscious.

Perhaps The Most Fundamental Value Of A Liberal Education Is That It Makes Life More Interesting. It Allows You To Think Things Which Do Not Occur To The Less Learned ... It Makes It Less Likely That You Will Be Bored With Life.