Quotes by Kingman Brewster, Jr.
| There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. |
| Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information. |
| If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious. |
| 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. |
| It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II. |
| We all live in a televised goldfish bowl. |
| I'm very curious to know what the hell they're saying on the phone, but I'd be more worried if they weren't talking. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
