My favorite Churchill quote is his to the British politician Bessie Braddock.
Supposedly Braddock encountered an intoxicated Churchill and said “Sir, you are drunk.” He replied:
“And you, Bessie, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning, and you will still be ugly.”
Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I’d drink it.
That would be even better if he had stopped after the part about being sober in teh morning and let Bessie draw the conclusion herself....