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.

September 6, 2025

6 months ago

Prejudice is the raft unto which the ship-wrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

March 30, 2025

11 months ago

The only way a reporter should look at a politician is down.

December 1, 2025

3 months ago

The voice of the people has something divine; else how could so many agree to one thing?

Page 16 of 122