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.

March 21, 2025

9 months ago

[Of two fellow congressmen] They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

March 19, 2025

9 months ago

Simplicity rarely loses to complexity in battles in the public square.

April 6, 2025

9 months ago

In the end we are all sacked and it’s always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life.

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