Jh Churchill Quotes & Sayings

Never be real with fake people. — Sanjay Caines

All too willingly man sees himself as the centre of the universe, as something not belonging to the rest of nature but standing apart as a different and higher being. Many people cling to this error and remain deaf to the wisest command ever given by a sage, the famous "Know thyself" inscribed in the temple of Delphi. — Konrad Lorenz

From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict and promoting democracy. — Kofi Annan

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government. — Sarah Vowell

Nature is full for us of seeming inconsistencies and glad surprises. — Margaret E. Barber

What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an end that has in fact been achieved? — Immanuel Wallerstein

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants. — Samuel Johnson

When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and contemplation, we will find within us Christ the spring of life (cf. Gen. 26:15-18). Wisdom commands us to drink from this spring, saying, 'Drink water from your own pitchers and from the spring of your own wells' (Prov. 5:15). If we do this we shall find that the treasures of wisdom truly are within us. — Maximus The Confessor

Oh," said Catherine, with some eagerness, "it doesn't take long to like a person - when once you begin. — Henry James

Living in New York, I get inspired by what young women are wearing - everything from high fashion to street fashion. — Austin Scarlett

I don't feel any pressure. I just try to stay calm, follow my game plan, and try not to get overthrown. — Dwight Gooden

I do think your brother grows more peculiar every day,' I complain to Edward when he comes to my rooms in Whitehall Palace to escort me to dinner.
'Which one?' he asks lazily. 'For you know I can do nothing right in the eyes of either. You would think they would be glad to have a York on the throne and peace in Christendom, and one of the finest Christmas feasts we have ever arranged; but no: Richard is leaving court to go back north as soon as the feast is over, to demonstrate his outrage that we are not slogging away in a battle with the French, and George is simply bad tempered. — Philippa Gregory

Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do. — John Cage