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.

October 3, 2025

1 year ago

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

October 6, 2025

1 year ago

Our Constitution is color-blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

February 15, 2025

2 years ago

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do;

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