Quotes About Protocol

For the first time, open source, peer-to-peer protocol developers can monetize their project on a protocol level.

I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet.

When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch!

Political parties are hierarchical, they are designed in a way to substitute someone's own decision making with a well-defined protocol.

As an algorithm the protocol is unbiased and capable of auditing, authenticating, validating, approving, and transferring integer values along a ledger that is distributed to tens of thousands of computers (called mining machines) that are located around the world. 

There's an old Army officer tradition. When you leave a post, you write 'ppc' on the back of your business card and pin it to the officers' club bulletin board or similar public place. 'Ppc' is an acronym for a French term pour prendre conge, in English, 'to take leave.' It was our final departing courtesy

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.

Shouldn't you be asking for my name first?

We follow protocol in our entire lives, nothing doesn't follow protocol

In the last century, when a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of without much ceremony; but when the same happened in England, the monarch declared: 'We are not amused'; and the whole British nation even now, a century later, is immensely proud of how rude their Queen was.

If he stretches out his hand in order to shake yours, you must not accept it. Smile vaguely, and as soon as he gives up the hope of shaking you by the hand, you stretch out your own hand and try to catch his in vain. This game is repeated until the greater part of the afternoon or evening has elapsed. It is extremely likely that this will be the most amusing part of the afternoon or evening, anyway.

I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother

In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities.

I do not stand on protocol. If you just call me Excellency, it will be okay.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.

Superior people never make long visits.

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.

Podríamos dejar que este intercambio de cortesías de rigor fallezca de muerte natural?

Blay's head whipped around to his mate. "Really? You asked my dad?" Qhuinn nodded, then started to smile like a mother fucker. "It's my one and only shot. So I wanted to follow protocol.

None of his brothers dared to throw out a grumble, because the protocol button had been punched: If they were around outsiders, they treated him as their sovereign lord and king. Which meant no fucking around and no insubordination. Maybe they needed visitors more often in the fucking house

He needs to die. When everybody looked at Rehvenge, the guy shrugged. Plain and simple. Let's not bullshit around with protocol and meetings. Let's just take him out. Don't you think that's a little bloodthirsty, sin-eater? Wrath drawled. From one king to another, know that I'm giving you the middle finger right now. And he was, with a smile.