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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The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off...

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.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do...

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do...

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

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...

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

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...

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are...

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are...

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like...

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the...

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those...

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

A joke is a very serious thing.

A joke is a very serious thing.