attributed to Kissinger

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Apr 21 18:32:33 UTC 2007


At 8:54 AM -0700 4/21/07, James A. Landau wrote:
>I've run across the following quotes, all attributed to Henry
>Kissinger.  Can anyone identify which are authentic and which are
>candidates for the Yale Book of Incorrect Quotations?
>
>South America is a dagger pointed at the heart of Antarctica
>
>Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad name

This one has been around for ages with lawyers as the target.  Of
course we know what sort background many politicians have...

>
>This job is great for my paranoia.  Now I really do have enemies

playing off "Even paranoids have enemies"?

LH

>
>It's nice being famous.  Now when I'm boring at dinner parties,
>people think it's their fault.
>
>     - Jim Landau
>
>:) said Tom, parenthetically
>
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