As we came away we ran into Lloyd George. Turning to me he said: "What are you going to do, my boy, when you grow up?" "I'm going into the Navy, sir," I replied. He frowned. "There are many greater storms in politics. If it's piracy you want, with broadsides, boarding parties, walking the plank and blood on the deck, this is the place." His words had gone home. That evening I confided to my father that what Lloyd George had said had decided my life. It would be politics for me.


Recounted by Julian Amery, Approach March: A Venture in Autobiography (1973)

David Lloyd George Quotes

As we came away we ran into Lloyd George. Turning to me he said: What are you going to do, my boy, when you grow up? I'm going into the Navy, sir, I...

As we came away we ran into Lloyd George. Turning to me he said: What are you going to do, my boy, when you grow up? I'm going into the Navy, sir, I...

As we came away we ran into Lloyd George. Turning to me he said: What are you going to do, my boy, when you grow up? I'm going into the Navy, sir, I...

As we came away we ran into Lloyd George. Turning to me he said: What are you going to do, my boy, when you grow up? I'm going into the Navy, sir, I...