Ocupation: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Life: November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965
Birthday: November 30
Death: January 24
...every offensive lost its force as it proceeded. It was like throwing a bucket of water over the floor. It first rushed forward, then soaked forward, and finally stopped altogether until another bucket could be brought.
source: Winston Churchill (2005). “The World Crisis, 1911-1918”, p.776, Simon and Schuster
topic: War, Water, Buckets, World War One