Quotes Library

May 8, 2025

Diplomacy is about surviving till the next century—politics is about surviving till Friday afternoon.

Jonathan Lyn (1943- ) and Antony Jay (1930–2016) British writers, Yes, Prime Minister, vol. 1 (1986), Jay p.235

What your batting average on this score?

Yes, Friday afternoon, when you can get out of town after quietly issuing some bad news press release.

March 20, 2025

1 year ago

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.

November 18, 2025

8 months ago

Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising.

July 13, 2025

1 year ago

Rest breeds rust. German proverb.

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