Winston S. Churchill

"A joke is a very serious thing."

"Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind."

"To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour."

"This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read."

"If you are going through hell, keep going."

"Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."

"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations."