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.

July 2, 2025

8 months ago

Fame is a vapor; popularity is an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

May 27, 2025

9 months ago

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

August 10, 2025

7 months ago

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant.

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