Former foreign minister and NSW premier has released a memoir titled Diary of a Foreign Minister.
We thought about writing a funny intro into this list of the best quotes from the memoir. But, sometimes the jokes just write themselves…
1. On sleeping in (taxpayer funded?) business class and why it doesn’t compare to first…
“No edible food. No airline pyjamas … I lie in my tailored suit.”
2. On when Henry Kissinger invited him to exclusive millionaires’ retreat, Bohemian Grove:
“I popped two Normison [sleeping tablets] to smother the excitement.”
3. On his critical process of self-assessment:
“I’m the best chairman I know.”
4. On his diet and exercise regime:
“My ambition… [is] to have a concave abdomen defined by deep-cut obliques.”
5. … Still on his diet and exercise regime:
“Every meal the Foreign Minister is served bland steamed white fish. This apparently reflects a Fuhrer-directive that I had the department send out about my diet. But whoever drafted it overshot the mark. I want turkey, I want grass-fed beef … This is the new Fuhrer-directive.”
6. On transforming from Clark Kent into the protector of Metropolis:
“I am Foreign Minister… I soar above the mundane and serve my country.”
That you do, Bob. That you do.
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I actually listened to bob carrs explanation on am radio this morning. It mad sense when he explained about having an important meeting with bill Clinton etc... It is best that he or anyone in business has had a decent sleep and preferably not spent their whole flight in a suit that they will be wearing during that important meeting.
As much as I wish I could take a first class flight and probably never will get the opportunity I do think if some one is representing our country and would do a better job by having decent sleep etc... On plane well so be it. Sometimes we need to stop and think that there is a good reason why something is done. I am not talking about people rorting the system,
Actually, businessmen the world over find Business Class more than adequate and find that it allows them to get to their very important meetings in perfectly fine condition. I have never heard of even top CEOs flying First - in this age of austerity Business Class and Premium Economy are seen as sufficiently indulgent. But obviously Bob Carr falls into his own category. And you DO get pyjamas on Qantas in Business Class.
I got to the video of Ryan Goslings abs and couldn't finish the rest of the article :)