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.

October 8, 2025

1 year ago

Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room.

August 10, 2025

1 year ago

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant.

March 2, 2025

2 years ago

There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

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