Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RAwas a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth30 November 1874
CityWoodstock, England
You may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together- what do you get? The sum of their fears.
Quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts.
After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.
He is like a female llama surprised in her bath.
Mr. Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work.
Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.
We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.
Before America entered the war [WW2] I knew we could not win it, but after she entered I knew we could not lose
There is required for the composition of a great commander not only massive common sense and reasoning power, not only imagination, but also an element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten.
When a new book appears one should read an old one.
Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.
Make for the children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. Let the children have their night of fun and laughter... resolved that by our daring, these same children shall not be denied their right to live in a free and decent world.
If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself.
I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.