There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.

Quote by Winston Churchill

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My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to...

My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to...

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take...

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She...

She was, for all her lifelong love affair with motion pictures, a reporter first. She...

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

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

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers...

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether...

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the...

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be...

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of...

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to...

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to...

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said Ã³ namely that I inspired...

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said Ã³ namely that I inspired...

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....