{"author":"Winston S. Churchill","author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill","total_quotes":152,"quotes":[{"text":"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["fools","humility"],"id":1639,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["history","wwii"],"id":9466,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"Some regard private enterprise as if it were a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look upon it as a cow that they can milk. Only a handful see it for what it really is--the strong horse that pulls the whole cart.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["metaphor"],"id":14382,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["humour"],"id":14997,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["fall-in-love","family","girl","love","man"],"id":24286,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may dev.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["criticism"],"id":30201,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss. I saw - as one might see the transit of Venus or even the Lord Mayor's Show - a quantity passing through infinity and changing its sign from plus to minus. I saw exactly why it happened and why the tergiversation was inevitable but it was after dinner and I let it go.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["math","mathematics","studying"],"id":33764,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"If you are going through hell, keep going.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["hell","perseverance"],"id":39506,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"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'.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["labels","names","war"],"id":46556,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"If you're going through hell, keep going.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["adversity"],"id":47607,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":152,"pages":16,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}