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 23, 2025

1 year ago

Governments last as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

November 7, 2025

12 months ago

Europeans often ask and Americans do not often explain, how it happens that this great office [the presidency]

May 23, 2025

1 year ago

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.

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