Quotation Explorer - 'Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor'
(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". - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
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. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
The only thing I like about rich people is their money. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
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) - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
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 the Viscountess Astor
My vigour, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor
Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. - Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor