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 28, 2025

4 months ago

[Definition of] Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

January 20, 2025

1 year ago

The key to building a superstar is to keep their mouth shut. To reveal an artist to the people can be to destroy him.

July 25, 2025

7 months ago

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

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