Winston Churchill Quotes About Language

• In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

  Winston Churchill

  Communication, Humorous, Humility

  "Action this day: working with Churchill". Book by Baron Norman Craven Brook Normanbrook, 1968.

• We do not war with races primarily as such. Tyranny is our foe. Whatever trapping or disguise it wears, whatever language it speaks, be it external or internal, we must for ever be on our guard, ever mobilized, ever vigilant, always ready to spring at its throat. In all this we march together. Not only do we march and strive shoulder to shoulder at this moment, under the fire of the enemy on the fields of war or in the air, but also in those realms of thought which are consecrated to the rights and the dignity of man.

  Winston Churchill

  Spring, War, Men

  Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum

• Two nations divided by a common language.

  Winston Churchill

  Two Nations, Common, Language

• The head cannot take in more than the seat can endure.

  Winston Churchill

  Language, Endure, Seats

• Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge. Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words when short are best of all.

  Winston Churchill

  Writing, Simplicity, Language

• Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

• English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language and in its great writers there are great riches and treasures, of which, of course, the Bible and Shakespeare stand along on the highest platform.

  Winston Churchill

  Inheritance, Literature, Treasure

• The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know how to speak.

  Winston Churchill

  Girl, Doe, Language

• The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

  Winston Churchill

  Simple, Mind, Analogies

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