The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

I did not like the man [Niels Bohr] when you showed him to me, with his hair all overhis head.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty.