Alan

“Revenge may be sweet, but it is also most expensive”
― Andrew Roberts, Churchill: Walking with Destiny

“The lack of a compass did not seem to concern him, as he would orient himself by the stars, one star in particular. ‘Orion shone brightly,’ he later recalled. ‘Scarcely a year before he had guided me when lost in the desert to the banks of the Nile. He had given me water. Now he should lead me to freedom.’ 79 People often believe in their stars in a general way; Churchill actually specified which one it was.”
― Andrew Roberts, Churchill: Walking with Destiny

“There were light moments in response to hecklers. ‘What would be the consequence if this seat were lost to Liberalism and to Free Trade?’ he asked his audience rhetorically. When someone shouted out ‘Beer!’, Churchill immediately replied, ‘That might be the cause. I am talking of the consequence.”
― Andrew Roberts, Churchill: Walking with Destiny

“Only the young think being called old is an insult,” I said, still smiling. “I am what I am, regardless of what anyone calls it. No one can change it, regardless of what anyone calls it. And it mostly means that nothing has managed to kill me yet.”
― Jim Butcher, Peace Talks