Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith
Emma Alice Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith, known as Margot Asquith, was an Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit. She was married to H. H. Asquith, a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1894 until his death in 1928...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth2 February 1864
Margot Asquith quotes about
america discovered english-author
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
america religion pity
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.
below belt hitting
Of Lloyd George: he couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.
earliest wall
No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.
lord
Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.
below belt english-author hitting
He could not see a belt without hitting below it.
brilliant english-author mind until
He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.
abstract given
The power to love what is purely abstract is given to few.
fire light mind
All I can say about my mind is that, like a fire carefully laid by a good housemaid, it is one that any match will light ...
stories storytelling announcements
the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening.
beautiful mean men
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.
marriage strong character
To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.
mind brilliant brilliant-minds
Stafford Cripps has a brilliant mind, until he makes it up.
inspiration forgiving enemy
The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends