Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor Quotes

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying?" (Seeing all her children assembled at her bedside in her last illness.)

My vigour, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know.

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

Nancy Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."Winston Churchill: "Madame,i f you were my wife, I'd drink it!"(Exchange with Winston Churchill)

Nancy Astor: "Winston, you are a drunk!"Winston Churchill: "And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning."(Reported exchange will Winston Churchill.

(Exchange with Winston Churchill)Churchill explains that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which the Lady Astor retorted, "Sir, you are not handsome enough to have such fears".

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.

Lady Astor was also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, "Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister?"(Reported exchange with Winston Churchill)