Quotes
Quotes - Churchill
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
But, spite of all the criticising elves,
Those who would make us feel--must feel themselves.
Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse,
Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse;
Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known,
Defacing first, then claiming for his own.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
Apt alliteration's artful aid.
There webs were spread of more than common size,
And half-starved spiders prey'd on half-starved flies.
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still.
Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
In those days he was wiser than he is now--he used frequently to take my advice.
Appearances to save, his only care; So things seem right, no matter what they are.
There is no such thing as a moral dress. It's people who are moral or immoral.
His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook, Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook.
Apt Alliteration's artful aid.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
