Winston Churchill Quotes

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Winston Churchill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965

Topics

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As a professional, you can afford to pick some stocks and be wrong about a few of them. To keep your job, you cannot take the risk of being seen to be wrong about the 'big picture' for very long.

Jeremy Grantham

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I think 'Shameless' is more of an everyman's show, whereas as great as I think 'Girls' is, it's got a smaller audience.

Jeremy Allen White

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The men and women of the CIA are a national treasure.

John O. Brennan

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What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth.

Jean Marais

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With popular rulers, the wife can become the guardian of their greatness: Peter the Great was succeeded by his wife, Catherine I. Sometimes the wives are an improvement.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane.

Tommy Chong

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Whether it's learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.

Mikaela Shiffrin

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Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.

Dick Cavett

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My uncle is in the hall of fame for creating by hand some of the most intricate Indian Mardi Gras garb.

Dawn Richard

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As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!

Christy Turlington

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ISIS is luring Americans with empty and false promises that do not reflect reality on the ground in Iraq.

Chuck Fleischmann

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I have not seen much dignity in the process by which we die. The quest to achieve true dignity fails when our bodies fail.

Sherwin B. Nuland

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