Churchill

A good while ago Werner said to go and look for quotes from Churchill. Nothing, absoultely nothing was happening. So I did. And this is what I found.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

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

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.

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

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

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

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

There are quiet a few very good quotes in there, or so I thought. On other things, mircophones are fun to play with and headaches don't like car rides much.

An update

Wow. I have really unimaginative titles... meh. Guess what? I nearly forgot about my cell. Yes, it hasn't even been launched yet, and yes I was pretty passionate for it before. And most of those ideas are still around. But they're not fresh anymore. They've gone slightly stale in the month's wait for my Monday to clear up. And the fact that November is NOT a happy month. Couple of people died, couple murdered, bunch o' people depressed, two of those suicidal, Sarah in a car accident... Not a happy month. You could look on the bright side, and after a year of work, dog training is starting to pay off... but that's all that comes to mind at the present moment.

On a lighter note, today was my little sister's birthday. You all have to say 'Happy Birthday' to her now when you see her. She has turned... should I tell you...? I could be that mean. But I won't. Nine is the number that you are looking for. We actually did a very good job. I personally don't put much stock in Birthday's. I guess that's just me though. Now I shall list what she has gotten. I gave her two books, and a Barbie/dog set thing, now she can leave my dog alone. She actually really likes it. Matthew went all out and got her (drum roll) some fish. And a 50 dollar tank. Nice gift. Werner went for small, but really neat. He got her this shell thing, that you can hear stuff in. You can hear different things depending on how close you hold your ear to it. Mom and Dad got her a replacement po-go stick, the last one she had broke, as it was from a garage sale. Fun things. My Aunt also sent her a gift. THAT'S the part that shocked me to an extent. You know those things that come with the pencil crayons, and paints, and markers and everything? She sent one 250 piece one down for Hope. Pretty sweet Birthday deal if you ask me.

Random things, Addy, get Ed and go into business... I had thought I had commented on that but... Laura I need to talk with you before Monday. No I will NOT be there Friday. Didn't get a ticket. And stop worrying, I've only missed all this week so far with a headache that earlier, made thinking hurt. It's receded for the moment though.

Anything else... Why yes! Sarah's Birthday is tomorrow, so go wish the lucky girl Happy Birthday, from what I know, she's out of the hospital. I also have a get out of work free card, so that means, I am not working tomorrow night! So if you want to chill, and my head isn't throwing a tantrum...

And yes still about the quotes. A generous thank you to all who have spared their time and energy to post their contributions. Oh... I also need to talk to Liz. So if you see that girl send her my way. That's all I have to say. Not alot at all in truth...

More Quotes

"Writers are liars, my dear, surely you know that by now?"
-Neil Gaiman, "Sandman: Dream Country"

An Oreo cookie is only as good as it's filling.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat

'I will never let schooling interfere with my education'
-Mark Twain

(On genius and madness...)
'Remarkable how often those two coincide'
Jack Sparrow

"A Letter always seemed to me like Immortality, for is it not the Mind alone, without corporeal friend?"
- Emily Dickinson

"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
- James Joyce

"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth."
- Diane Ackerman

Minds are like parachutes, they only work when their open

Never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake
I haven't failed I have just found 10'000 ways that won't work

"the future is ment for thoes who follow their dreams"

Angels exist, only sometimes they haven't got wings and we call them friends

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cant do." Walter bagehot

"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear" florence nightengale

I have more quotes, I just need to type them up...

As you can see I have been digging at quotes again. An update on my life, so far it looks like I have A's in nearly all my classes, which for me is a first. Hard work finally paying off. Further more, I have been trying to put more effort toward my dog, who sadly gets neglected every so once in a while when I have too much homework.

Guess what? It's my little sisters birthday next week! When next week? Exactly a week from today. From me she gets books and a toy. A good combination, don't you think? Mom says that it might snow tonight. You have no idea how much I want it to snow. Lots of snow, two feet of snow, or one foot of snow and a continuous blizzard. That's what I'd like. Seems alittle mean, but I don't want to go to school.

For anyone who wants to check out my new cell, it will be held at Laura's at seven starting on the last Monday in November, because that is when the rest of the Trick's training will be done, and I'll still get my one night off in the week. It is good to take breaks. Even when homework doesn't quiet co operate. Seems it never went to kindergarden. Never learned manners.

Is anyone going this week to go see Sarah? I think I'll aim for going up about once a week... if you are going up this week let me know and I'll catch a ride if it's alright. Ya, outside of school my life doesn't have a lot to it, besides going to see Cars after youth and Flushed Away both surprisingly good movies by the way.

You know this by rote now, I am still collecting quotes, oh, and if you ever want to hang out before about seven in the evening on most nights I am free. Yup, that's all for now.