Winston Churchill Quotes And Sayings

I Have Taken More Out Of Alcohol Than Alcohol Has Taken Out Of Me.

Never, Never, Never Give Up.

My Most Brilliant Achievement Was My Ability To Be Able To Persuade My Wife To Marry Me.

One Does Not Leave A Convivial Party Before Closing Time.

Politics Is Almost As Exciting As War, And Quite As Dangerous. In War You Can Only Be Killed Once, But In Politics Many Times.

If You Go On With This Nuclear Arms Race, All You Are Going To Do Is Make The Rubble Bounce.

The Great Defense Against The Air Menace Is To Attack The Enemy's Aircraft As Near As Possible To Their Point Of Departure.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt Was Like Opening Your First Bottle Of Champagne; Knowing Him Was Like Drinking It.

I Never Worry About Action, But Only Inaction.

When You Are Winning A War Almost Everything That Happens Can Be Claimed To Be Right And Wise.

We Are Masters Of The Unsaid Words, But Slaves Of Those We Let Slip Out.

To Improve Is To Change; To Be Perfect Is To Change Often.

To Improve Is To Change; To Be Perfect Is To Change Often.

It Is A Fine Game To Play - The Game Of Politics - And It Is Well Worth Waiting For A Good Hand Before Really Plunging.

We Contend That For A Nation To Try To Tax Itself Into Prosperity Is Like A Man Standing In A Bucket And Trying To Lift Himself Up By The Handle.

We Are All Worms. But I Believe That I Am A Glow-worm.

To Build May Have To Be The Slow And Laborious Task Of Years. To Destroy Can Be The Thoughtless Act Of A Single Day.

Solitary Trees, If They Grow At All, Grow Strong.

The Inherent Vice Of Capitalism Is The Unequal Sharing Of Blessings; The Inherent Virtue Of Socialism Is The Equal Sharing Of Miseries.

Man Will Occasionally Stumble Over The Truth, But Most Of The Time He Will Pick Himself Up And Continue On.

A Lie Gets Halfway Around The World Before The Truth Has A Chance To Get Its Pants On.

Criticism May Not Be Agreeable, But It Is Necessary. It Fulfils The Same Function As Pain In The Human Body. It Calls Attention To An Unhealthy State Of Things.

In The Course Of My Life, I Have Often Had To Eat My Words, And I Must Confess That I Have Always Found It A Wholesome Diet.

We Make A Living By What We Get, But We Make A Life By What We Give.

This Report, By Its Very Length, Defends Itself Against The Risk Of Being Read.

In Wartime, Truth Is So Precious That She Should Always Be Attended By A Bodyguard Of Lies.

'No Comment' Is A Splendid Expression. I Am Using It Again And Again.

If Hitler Invaded Hell I Would Make At Least A Favourable Reference To The Devil In The House Of Commons.

Before Alamein We Never Had A Victory. After Alamein We Never Had A Defeat.

When The War Of The Giants Is Over The Wars Of The Pygmies Will Begin.

Study History, Study History. In History Lies All The Secrets Of Statecraft.

We Have Always Found The Irish A Bit Odd. They Refuse To Be English.

The Best Argument Against Democracy Is A Five-minute Conversation With The Average Voter.

If You Have An Important Point To Make, Don't Try To Be Subtle Or Clever. Use A Pile Driver. Hit The Point Once. Then Come Back And Hit It Again. Then Hit It A Third Time - A Tremendous Whack.

My Wife And I Tried Two Or Three Times In The Last 40 Years To Have Breakfast Together, But It Was So Disagreeable We Had To Stop.

The Short Words Are Best, And The Old Words Are The Best Of All.

Kites Rise Highest Against The Wind - Not With It.

It Is Always Wise To Look Ahead, But Difficult To Look Further Than You Can See.

No Idea Is So Outlandish That It Should Not Be Considered With A Searching But At The Same Time A Steady Eye.

I Am Prepared To Meet My Maker. Whether My Maker Is Prepared For The Great Ordeal Of Meeting Me Is Another Matter.

I Am Easily Satisfied With The Very Best.

When I Am Abroad, I Always Make It A Rule Never To Criticize Or Attack The Government Of My Own Country. I Make Up For Lost Time When I Come Home.

No Part Of The Education Of A Politician Is More Indispensable Than The Fighting Of Elections.

A Politician Needs The Ability To Foretell What Is Going To Happen Tomorrow, Next Week, Next Month, And Next Year. And To Have The Ability Afterwards To Explain Why It Didn't Happen.

Short Words Are Best And The Old Words When Short Are Best Of All.

Socialism Is A Philosophy Of Failure, The Creed Of Ignorance, And The Gospel Of Envy, Its Inherent Virtue Is The Equal Sharing Of Misery.

The Farther Backward You Can Look, The Farther Forward You Can See.

Perhaps It Is Better To Be Irresponsible And Right, Than To Be Responsible And Wrong.

In War As In Life, It Is Often Necessary When Some Cherished Scheme Has Failed, To Take Up The Best Alternative Open, And If So, It Is Folly Not To Work For It With All Your Might.

The Power Of An Air Force Is Terrific When There Is Nothing To Oppose It.