A selection of quotes from the famous, and not so famous.
By far my most favourite quotes come from the great British statesman, Sir Winston Churchill.
Lady Astor of Hever: "Sir, you are drunk."
Sir Winston Churchill: "Madam, you are ugly, but in the morning, I will be sober."
Lady Astor of Hever: "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee".
Sir Winston Churchill: "Nancy, if I were your husband, I would drink it"
(during a weekend visit to the Marlboroughs at Blenheim Castle)
"I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind me"...............General George S. Patton.
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion"................'Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf.
"All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them"............................Walt Disney.
"It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better"..................Sir Francis Drake.
"If the memories are better than the dreams, then it's all over".................................................Unknown
"I 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.".....................................................................Sir Winston Churchill
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play, bring a friend ......if you have one."...............................................................................................George Bernard Shaw to Sir Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second...if you have one."...........Sir Winston Churchill in response.
(More to be added later)
