Churchill

Started by frawin, April 17, 2009, 11:35:11 AM

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frawin

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -- Winston Churchill
 

pam

There is no such thing as a good tax.
Winston Churchill
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

Catwoman

Lady to Churchill...The baby looks just like you.
Churchill's response...Madam, all babies look like me.

Diane Amberg

Now what a character he was. Loved and hated all at the same time.

Catwoman

Aw, what's to hate??  A jolly great Englishman, stiff upper lip, what?

Diane Amberg


sixdogsmom

And his Mum was from where?  8)
Edie

Wilma

Do you need to ask or do you just want to see if anyone else knows?

sixdogsmom

Wilma, I do know where she was from, just checking some of the other history buffs?
Edie

pam

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

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