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 20, 2025

9 months ago

Universal suffrage [i.e., votes for all adult men and women] is the government of a house by its nursery.

September 5, 2025

11 months ago

[On freedom of the press] The intrusion of government into this domain is symptomatic of the disease of this society.

September 28, 2025

10 months ago

The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

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