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 17, 2025

4 months ago

[When asked what he had done during the French Revolution] I survived.

May 30, 2025

9 months ago

No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the record for years

December 6, 2025

3 months ago

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

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