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.

May 23, 2025

9 months ago

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.

April 27, 2025

10 months ago

A decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization.

May 1, 2025

10 months ago

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

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