One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.

Without ships, we cannot live.

Nothing will bring American sympathy along with us so much as American blood shed in the field.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.

The most important thing about education is appetite.