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.


More Quotes

September 7, 2025
If you want to get along, go along.
September 23, 2025
Almost all that has been done for the good of the people has been done since the rich lost the monopoly of power
March 7, 2025
Men on white horses armed with simple solutions are the answer when people decide they’ve had enough of “politics as usual.”
Page 37 of 125