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.

September 8, 2025

6 months ago

Every profession has its secrets…if it hadn’t it wouldn’t be a profession.

September 27, 2025

5 months ago

When the lay public rallies round to an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists

May 30, 2025

9 months ago

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

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