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.

December 6, 2025

11 months ago

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

February 12, 2025

2 years ago

Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go well together.

April 24, 2025

2 years ago

Generosity is part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it

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