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.

Politics & Politicians

More Quotes

March 22, 2025
March 22, 2025
Politics & Politicians
Kim Campbell, the first female prime minister of Canada, was right when she said a 47-day-long election campaign (Imagine a campaign of only 47 days!) was not enough time to reconsider the nation’s social programs. But she was wrong to say so.
February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025
War & Peace
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do;
November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025
Human Nature
Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise.
1…5556575859…124
Page 57 of 124