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.

November 25, 2025

3 months ago

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise.

February 25, 2025

12 months ago

I am a revolutionist by birth, reading and principle. I am always on the side of the revolutionists because there

August 9, 2025

7 months ago

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

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