If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever.

Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. [Referring to the theory that over-production caused the Depression]

Without ships, we cannot live.