It is said that famous men are usually the product of unhappy childhood. The stern compression of circumstances, the twinges of adversity, the spur of slights and taunts in early years, are needed to evoke that ruthless fixity of purpose and tenacious mother-wit without which great actions are seldom accomplished.
Winston Churchill Quotes
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.
Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.
The reason I write so much is that I don’t waste my essence in bed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down. Pigs treat us as equals.
Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is – the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.
When I warned them (the French) that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, “In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.” Some chicken! Some neck!
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.
(It is) very much better to bribe a person than kill him…
