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.

September 27, 2025

1 year ago

When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists

August 3, 2025

1 year ago

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

January 16, 2025

2 years ago

[On Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom] A plan to resist all planning may be better than its opposite, but it belongs to the same style of politics.

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