Quotes by Richard Armitage

I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.'

Let’s face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration.

I don’t know if, at the end of the day, how brave Saddam Hussein would be if he were stripped of his bodyguards and everything else.

I’m the only honest person in Washington.

I must say I’ve rarely been described as ’diplomat.

Tolkien was, I believe, writing about his experience in the First and Second World Wars, where he would have spent a lot of time without any female contact. He was part of the fellowship of men who went to war, and I think, really, that’s what he’s writing about.

I’m not a massive fan of 3D. I’ve seen some good 3D, and I’ve seen quite a lot of bad 3D. I think if a film is created for the shock effect of 3D, then it’s a certain type of film that I’m not massively bothered about.

Well, I think finding the weapons of mass destruction is going to be quite time consuming. I know we’ve uncovered some documents, we’ll have to exploit them, and we’re going to have to blanket a country the size of California and search, I think, quite rigorously, but we’ll come up with them.

I have a secret feeling that we’re all Hobbits. Deep down we all want to stay home and feel safe, but we all dream about someone knocking on the door and saying “Come on an adventure and let’s have a fun ride.

I have an accountant, obviously, because I’m self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.