The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)

I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my fathers house to believe in democracy. Trust the peoplethat was his message.

There are two processes which we adopt consciously or unconsciously when we try to prophesy. We can seek a period in the past whose conditions resemble as closely as possible those of our day, and presume that the sequel to that period will, save for some minor alterations, be similar. Secondly, we can survey the general course of development in our immediate past, and endeavor to prolong it into the near future. The first is the method the historian; the second that of the scientist. Only the second is open to us now, and this only in a partial sphere.

If you find a job you love, you'll never work again.

I myself find waiting more tiring than action.