Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.

Winston Churchill

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Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

Winston Churchill

people way art

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

democratic-socialism ignorance philosophy

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Winston Churchill

dog inspiring inspirational

When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place. You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill

thinking-about-you caring mean

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

Winston Churchill

humorous hypocrite business

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.

Winston Churchill

queens strong fall

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

Winston Churchill

political wisdom heart

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill

inspirational life funny

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

Winston Churchill

government taken giving

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Winston Churchill

reactions decision inspiring

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

Winston Churchill

watches lying people

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.

Winston Churchill

success positive inspirational

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Winston Churchill

trust witty funny

Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... " Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?" Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!" Churchill: "Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price

Winston Churchill

pounds sleep thinking

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Winston Churchill

forget-it forget past

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

motivational positive inspirational

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill

inspirational love life

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

Winston Churchill

clothes witty funny

You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

Winston Churchill

conservative politics government

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Winston Churchill

wit battle men