Churchill's Way with Words

Churchill’s Way with Words!

Good morning my fellow Rotarians.  My thanks this morning to brother Carpenter for sending me some quotes of the great orator Winston Churchill. 

The prime minister loved paraprosdokians, which are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. So, let’s give a listen…

·       Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

·       The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

·       Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

·       If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

·       We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.

·       War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

·       Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

·       To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

·       In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put 'DOCTOR'.

·       You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

·       I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

·       Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

·       You're never too old to learn something stupid.

·       Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

There you go, great quotes from a great statesman, Winston Churchill, as the Bottom of our News on this Friday, September 28, 2012. 

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