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 27, 2025

1 year ago

Few things are as immutable as the addiction of political groups to the ideas by which they have once won office.

January 2, 2025

2 years ago

Politicians, like prostitutes, are held in contempt. But what man does not run to them when they need their services?

September 11, 2025

1 year ago

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on buses and in the subway.

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