Antony Jay
Antony Jay
Sir Antony Rupert Jay, CVO CBE is an English writer, broadcaster and director, famous for the co-authorship, with Jonathan Lynn, of the successful British political comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. He wrote The Householder's Guide to Community Defence Against Bureaucratic Aggression...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth20 April 1930
Antony Jay quotes about
judging people leader
You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the bigger or smaller ones.
responsibility decision matter
Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.
men young grows
Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.
facts exile civil-service
The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.
ideas lines done
There is this great idea about the logic of a politician, along the lines of: "Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.
leadership real training
The only real training for leadership is leadership.
inspirational educational creativity
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
corporations possibility probability
In corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong but because of the possibility that he is right.
leadership jobs judging
You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.