In his later years, Winston Churchill was asked to give the commencement address at Oxford University. Following his introduction, he rose, went to the podium, and said, “Never, never, never give up.†Then he took his seat.
This was too funny not to share. Advice from the last man standing in Europe against Hitler in WW2. What a remarkable man!
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Churchill had a few good lines. I can’t remember to whom he was speaking (obviously someone who didn’t like him much!), but the conversation went something like:
Lady: “If you were my husband, I would put poison in your tea.”
Churchill: “If I was your husband, I would drink it!”
That tea line noted by OB1 is reportedly part of a few exchanges that he had with Lady Astor.
From Wikipedia:
“By far the most famously reported quotes are taken from alleged exchanges between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill but, like the statements above, these are not well documented and may be misattributed. Examples include an instance in which Churchill is supposed to have told Lady Astor that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which she retorted, “You’re not handsome enough to have such fears”. Lady Astor was also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, “Why don’t you come sober, Prime Minister?” Possibly the most famous of all such anecdotes reports that Lady Astor said to Churchill, “If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea,” to which he responded, “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d drink it!”
I think posting a link here will put this comment in the moderation queue… but the above came from Wikipedia’s entry on ‘Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor.’
I watched a documentary recently on Noor Inayat Khan. I didn’t know about that aspect of the war. Arguably one of the heroines of the war she remained deffiant to the last.
LOL sounds like a line in one of Oscar Wilde’s plays!