Winston Churchill

We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm.

Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.

I decline to accept the end of man.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

One ought never to turn up one's nose at any job just because it happens to be below one's social station.

I like a man who grins when he fights.

My tastes are simple: I am easily satisfied with the best.

The only thing that ever really frightens me is the abnormal, the unexpected.

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

There is no substitute for victory.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I intend to write that history.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.

The power of the Executive to give orders, and the duty of the citizen to obey them, is the foundation of all government.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

The British nation is unique in its ability to stand by its mistakes.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also drinking alcohol before, after, and if need be, during all meals and in the intervals between them.

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn that we are spirits—not animals.

I am a man of simple tastes, easily satisfied with the best.