I have never considered myself at all a good hater—though I recognize that from moment to moment it has added stimulus to pugnacity.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 6 November 1950

I hope I shall be pardoned if I do not confine myself entirely to the uncontroversial methods which I usually practise.

Winston Churchill · House of Commons, 4 December 1952

Usually youth is for freedom and reform, maturity for judicious compromise, and old age for stability and repose.

Winston Churchill · Article “Consistency in Politics”, Pall Mall, July 1927

At any rate it was a good price—£5,000. Look at me—£25 dead or alive. How would you like that?

Winston Churchill · To Michael Collins, who complained that a price had been put on his head

I'll be back.

The Terminator · Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg in The Terminator (1984) · Said to the police desk sergeant who tells him Sarah Connor is still giving her statement and offers him a bench to wait on; he comes back by driving a car through the front of the station.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Richard Nixon · The source reads: “Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you. Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.” · Farewell address to members of the administration on leaving office (August 9, 1974)

The smile on the faces of the people … is symbolic of one of the greatest assets of the American. He is friendly, self-confident, optimistic—and not envious.

Albert Einstein · From Impressions of the U.S.A., about 1931.

“I have never considered myself at all a good hater—though I recognize that from moment to moment it has added stimulus to pugnacity.”

“I hope I shall be pardoned if I do not confine myself entirely to the uncontroversial methods which I usually practise.”

“Usually youth is for freedom and reform, maturity for judicious compromise, and old age for stability and repose.”

“At any rate it was a good price—£5,000. Look at me—£25 dead or alive. How would you like that?”

“I'll be back.”

“Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”

“The smile on the faces of the people … is symbolic of one of the greatest assets of the American. He is friendly, self-confident, optimistic—and not envious.”

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