Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill with his wife, Clementine. 

One day as they were walking down the street, Clementine stopped to talk with a road cleaner. When she returned Churchill asked her, "What were you talking to him about for so long?" Clementine replied, "Many years ago he was madly in love with me." 

Churchill smiled ironically, "Do you see my dear? You could have been the wife of a road cleaner today. 

"Oh no, my dear," she replied, "If I had married him, he would have been Prime Minister today."