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"Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms, of course... " Churchill: "Would you sleep with me for five pounds?" Socialite: "Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!" Churchill: "Madam, we've already established that. Now we are haggling about the price"
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."
"Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about."
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
"I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies."
"The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the reverence and delight which are their due."
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
"Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it."
"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."
"The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire."
"We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
"To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real."
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
"I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots, than have one agree with me."
"One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions."
"The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery."