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872, Ivar, King of the Northmen of all Ireland and Britain , ended his life." He had conquered Mercia and East Anglia. He had captured the major stronghold of the kingdom of Strathclyde, Dumbarton. Laden with loot and seemingly invincible, he settled in Dublin and died there peacefully two years later. The pious chroniclers report that he "slept in Christ." Thus it may be that he had the best of both worlds.

A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon in your wife’s bed is a cause of the gravest concern.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal of a better home, better clothing, better food for himself and his family. It spurs individual exertion and greater production.

Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men.

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

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

A good party man puts his party above himself and his country above his party.

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

A heightened sense of the observation of nature is one of the chief delights that have come to me through trying to paint.

A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.

Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.

Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms.

Air power may either end war or end civilization.

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.

A joke is a very serious thing.

A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. They make frantic efforts to bar our thoughts and words; they are afraid of the workings of the human mind.

All babies look like me. But then, I look like all babies.

All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal

All I want is compliance with my wishes, after reasonable discussion.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

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

All the great things are simple.

All was there-the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combating Marxism; the concept of a National-Socialist State; the rightful position of Germany at the summit ofthe world. Here was the new Koran of faith and war: turgid, verbose, shapeless, but pregnant with its message.

Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.

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

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.

A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

A man must choose his own way of life, and…it is only by following out one’s own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.” [In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]

A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon.

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

Americans always do the right thing, once they have exhausted all other possibilities.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

An American diplomat is sometimes like a bull who carries his own china shop around with him.

A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

And a pamphlet called Pick me up There is no genuine hatred against Herr Hitler.

And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.

An optimist sees the oportunity in every difficulty.

And what a plan! This vast operation is undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult that has ever occurred.

And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of their deeds, even though they themselves be exterminated, may perhaps be celebrated as long as the world rolls round.

And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning.

An efficient and a successful administration manifests itself equally in small as in great matters.

An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.

An iron curtain has descended over Europe.

An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, "If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea." Churchill's response, "Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.