Nancy Astor Quotes
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The only thing the women were after was just the chance to help the world on. But some men were so dreadfully afraid of them that they refused to understand, and talked about 'shrieking sisterhoods' and 'disappointed spinsters' and rubbish of that sort.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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Grass is growing on the Front Bench.
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Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful, because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all
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There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem.
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It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.
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No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government.
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Drink promises you everything, but gives nothing.
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The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
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Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
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Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
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The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.
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Anyone's blood can become blue for a lump sum down.
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What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year?
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Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying ?
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The only thing I like about rich people is their money.
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[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!
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I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
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One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
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If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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Drinking makes a person lose his inhibitions and give exhibitions
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I married beneath me. All women do.
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I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.
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From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars.
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Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life.
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It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man.
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I am sure that you will never end war with wars.
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People who talk about peace are very often the most quarrelsome.
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