There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it.

Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear - I fear greatly - the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, even more loudly, even more widely.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

No matter. The dead bird does not leave the nest.

An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea." Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations