Famous Quotes & Sayings

Obviously, it's a sad day for the NHL. He's been a great ambassador for the game. ... He's probably been through more than any other superstar.

She is a tremendous champion and she has not missed a national championships since 1992. She has been a great ambassador to the sport.

Secretary Albright had asked Ambassador Ross to travel to the region this week. Of course, she will be following the situation closely.

She takes her work for us extremely seriously and that means a lot to her and the staff. She's a terrific goodwill ambassador who can help people understand the difficult life of a refugee.

She's great to the kids who come to our games and any time you ask her to do something, she goes beyond it. She's a great ambassador for our program.

Henry Wotton

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country.

Sakshi Tanwar

I think I've become the brand ambassador of arranged marriages, especially for working Indian women.

Kelly Slater

I feel like an ambassador for surfing at this point. I'm happy to go and play that role and share that where I can in certain areas of the mainstream media that doesn't get the surfing attention.

Theodore C. Sorensen

The ambassador was never present, but his presence was never absent.

We want the government to expel the US ambassador in Islamabad and call back our ambassador in Washington.

The reaction has been so positive, we think it is worth informing the (foreign) minister. It is very nice being the Norwegian ambassador to Canada today.

Bob Beauprez

True enough, Osama bin Laden is dead and other al-Qaeda leaders have joined him. But, the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi is a brutal reminder that radical Islamic terror groups have not disappeared and certainly are not dormant.

I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but that, directly it was a matter between Austria and Russia, it became a question of the peace of Europe, which concerned us all.

Gal Gadot

I want people to have a good impression of Israel. I don't feel like I'm an ambassador for my country, but I do talk about Israel a lot - I enjoy telling people about where I come from and my religion.

Christopher Dodd

This will be the first U.N. ambassador since 1948 that we've ever sent there under a recess appointment,

We also know they'll be a big help in planning and promoting the Harlem Ambassador fundraising basketball game, which so many school kids and their families will attend and enjoy.

To the best of our knowledge, Ambassador Brownfield has not met with these people. The ambassador meets with a wide variety of people, just like Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez does in the U.S.

Irwin Redlener

Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.

Stephen Kinzer

When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.

Liya Kebede

First I became U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for WHO, and that was in 2005. And then, about a year or so later, I decided to start my foundation.

Bill Maher

Mike has been a superb ambassador for Canisius College and has made significant contributions to the school over his 18 years as a head and assistant coach.

We are tremendously grateful to the Somali Transitional Federal Government and the Kenyan ambassador for their combined efforts to ensure that the vessel, the food, and most importantly the 10-member crew who have suffered greatly during this ordeal will be released unconditionally.

We are committed to making sure he remains a part of the set-up with Perth Glory now his playing days are over, because Scott is a great ambassador for this sport and this club. He has a lot to offer away from the pitch beyond his achievements on it.

One of the roles of a U.S. ambassador - anywhere in the world - is to promote bilateral trade and investment.

Pierce Brosnan

I hold Bond dear to my heart. I've traveled the world as an ambassador for that character, and I had a bloody great time doing it.

Heinrich Mann

The Bourbon King was first ambassador of reason and human happiness.

My objection to William Weld wasn't based on the way he conducted himself as governor or even how he would conduct himself as an ambassador in a place other than Mexico. India was where I wanted to send him,

Lindsey Graham

I don't think it's rational for a country to try to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador in a restaurant in Washington.

The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited.

Wayne is a natural leader of the Roots athletics team, Team Roots, and a great ambassador for our company. Both on and off the ice, he exemplifies the best of Canada and the Canadian and Olympic heritage of Roots.

Lew Wasserman

We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove.

We know we can still count on him to help us in our efforts to build and strengthen Canadian swimming as an ambassador and as a mentor to young athletes.

We are a highly-visible brand ambassador for the Disney brand as a whole.