History is written by the victors. 

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. 

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. 

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. 

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. 

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. 

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. 

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. 

Never, never, never give up. 

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.  

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. 

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. 

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. 

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. 

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. 

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. 

If you're going through hell, keep going. 

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. 

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. 

God may be subtle, but he isn't plain mean.

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. 

There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case. 

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

God does not play dice.