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.

January 29, 2025

1 year ago

Ordinary men usually manage public affairs better than more gifted fellows. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws,

January 21, 2025

1 year ago

The quality of legislation passed to deal with a problem is inversely proportional to the volume of media clamor that brought it on.

July 3, 2025

8 months ago

Every government is a device by which a few control the actions of many…on both sides at the moment

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