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berberry
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Message 3 of 43 (362271)
11-06-2006 9:23 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by NewYorkCityBoy
11-06-2006 4:48 PM


Sir Winston Churchill
We've done this before here, but I don't mind doing it again since it's been so long.
Aside from Shakespeare, a lot of my favorite quotes come from Churchill. Here are a few I cited in the earlier thread:
If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives.
To the House of Commons:
I am not invested with dictatorial powers. If I were, I should be quite ready to dictate.
Viscountess Nancy Astor, wife of Waldorf Astor and first woman ever to serve in the British House of Commons, was a major nemesis of Churchill, and she was no slouch when it came to zingers. But Churchill usually got the better of her. One quote I can't find directly (it's in a very big book I have stashed away somewhere, not sure where) so I might get the precise wording wrong has her, saying to an obviously drunk Churchill, "Winston, you're drunk!", to which Churchill replied "Yes, madame, and you're ugly. The difference is that when I wake up tomorrow I'll be sober."
Her famous last words: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?"

W.W.E.D.?

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