Quotes Library

February 8, 2025

The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner they think it is their fault.

Henry Kissinger (1923- ), American foreign policy maker, James Naughtie in Spectator, 1 April 1995; attributed, Jay p.214

Wouldn’t that be nice? Do you usually bore other dinner guests?

Kissinger probably got away with that far too often.

September 29, 2025

10 months ago

Always deny what you don’t want to be known, and always affirm what you want to be believed.

May 6, 2025

1 year ago

Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past

November 29, 2025

8 months ago

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

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