You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck. Winston Churchill More Quotes by Winston Churchill More Quotes From Winston Churchill It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. Winston Churchill riskgovernmentacceptance There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies. Winston Churchill upliftingbabyfunny Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose Winston Churchill gamesgolffunny Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent. Winston Churchill being-strongmilitarycharacter Never pass up the chance to sit down or go to the bathroom. Winston Churchill bathroomchance If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever. Winston Churchill sacrificewritingmen Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation ... the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality ...though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries [WWII] Winston Churchill genuine-loveevilreality A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. Winston Churchill laughtersarcasticfunny Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind. Winston Churchill scotlandgreekearth This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline. Winston Churchill armystrongwar No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. Winston Churchill cowboyhorseanimal Well, dinner would have been splendid... if the wine had been as cold as the soup, the beef as rare as the service, the brandy as old as the fish, and the maid as willing as the Duchess. Winston Churchill maidsbeefwine There is a hush over all Europe, nay, over all the world. Alas! it is the hush of suspense, and in many lands it is the hush of fear. Listen! No, listen carefully, I think I hear somethingyes, there it was quite clear. Dont you hear it? It is the tramp of armies crunching the gravel of the paradegrounds, splashing through rain-soaked fields, the tramp of two million German soldiers and more than a million Italiansgoing on maneuversyes, only on maneuvers! Winston Churchill armyrainthinking The dictator, in all his pride, is held in the grip of his party machine. He can go forward; he cannot go back. He must blood his hounds and show them sport, or else, like Actaeon of old, be devoured by them. All-strong without, he is all-weak within. Winston Churchill partystrongsports We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. Winston Churchill saint-georgedrunkapathy There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people. Winston Churchill canadalyingpeople Churchill says the Government had to choose between war and shame. They chose shame. They will get war, too. Winston Churchill shameattributeswar When they told me that by the year 2100 women would rule the world, my reply was 'Still?' Winston Churchill stillsworldyears There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away. Winston Churchill false-hopeleadershipmistake Never, ever ever ever ever give up. Winston Churchill hard-timesgiving-upgiving
