The Churchill Series - Mar. 20, 2006

(One of a series of weekday posts on the life of Winston S. Churchill.)

Some Churchill quotes; then a very brief comment:

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."
Speech in the House of Commons, July 14, 1940

"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened."
Speech in the House of Commons, November 29, 1944

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

"The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself."

"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

"For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else."
The four preceding quotes are from a speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, London, November 9, 1954

"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."
Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life

And it's a good thing for at least one blogger to borrow the quotations book from the uneducated man.