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.

April 17, 2025

10 months ago

The important thing about the so-called ‘communications industry’ is that it is basically concerned with merchandising.

August 18, 2025

6 months ago

Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie.

June 2, 2025

9 months ago

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

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