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 16, 2025

10 months ago

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

December 25, 2025

2 months ago

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

May 1, 2025

10 months ago

Capitalism, as an institutional arrangement, has been singularly devoid of plausible myths.

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