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.

February 22, 2025

1 year ago

The majority is the best way, because it is visible and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.

April 6, 2025

1 year ago

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

May 14, 2025

1 year ago

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

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