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

Quote by Winston Churchill

Topics: Speech Quotes

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

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

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an...

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you...

No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

No comment is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones,...

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones,...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of...

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity,...

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity,...

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved...

So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved...

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is...

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what...

Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what...