"Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which..." - Quote by Winston Churchill

“The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes.”

“I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.”

“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.”

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it?”

“The only advice ... that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions.”

“Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.”

“Denial is much more then an Egyptian River.”

“My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon's appointments.”