Winston Churchill Quotes

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.

Winston Churchill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistorySimpleActionThinkingWant

Cricket makes no sense to me. I find it beautiful to watch and I like that they break for tea. That is very cool, but I don't understand. My friends from The Clash tried to explain it years and years ago, but I didn't understand what they were talking about.

Jim Jarmusch

BeautifulTeaMeCoolCricketFind

You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

John McEnroe

HealthCompetitionYouBadWall

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

Meshell Ndegeocello

LearningMusicPeopleInteresting

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

John Philpot Curran

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I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all.

Amy Chua

FatherHistoryBestParentsMeSaid

I want to play football until my body says, 'You can't run anymore: you're dead.'

Son Heung-min

FootballYouBodyPlayWantRun

It's not seeing myself 40 feet tall on a movie screen - it's the work. That's what thrills me.

Sissy Spacek

WorkMyselfMeFeetSeeingTall

I grew up in Oregon, so there was always a lot of that folksy, Bob Marley stuff. There was a mural of Bob Marley on a wall at my high school.

Mat Kearney

SchoolHigh SchoolWallAlwaysHigh

It would be nice to go back to Rome; it's my old club. I love the fans there, and they love me, too.

Mohamed Salah

LoveMeLove MeBackBe NiceNice

The whole New Kids thing was crazy. The more it grew, the more I just felt like I was trapped.

Jonathan Knight

CrazyNewTrappedMoreWholeKids

You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on - that's dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone.

Jon Gruden

AlonePeopleYouHelmetDownKnow

I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.

Douglas Booth

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