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.

November 23, 2025

8 months ago

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

April 1, 2025

1 year ago

The majority never has right on its side. Never I say! That is one of the social lies that a free

January 14, 2025

2 years ago

[On the popularity of Margaret Thatcher] The further you got from Britain, the more admired you found she was.

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