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.

Human Nature

More Quotes

August 9, 2026
August 9, 2026
Human Nature
Whoever knows the interior of affairs, must be sensible to how many more events the faults of statesmen give birth, than are produced by good intentions.
April 24, 2025
00:59
April 24, 2025
Politics & Politicians
Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it
September 13, 2025
September 13, 2025
Communication & Education
[Of the fictional British cabinet minister Jim Hacker] Years of political training and experience had taught him to use twenty words where one would do
1…7172737475…128
Page 73 of 128