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
below belt hitting
Of Lloyd George: he couldn't see a belt without hitting below it.
below belt english-author hitting
He could not see a belt without hitting below it.
lord
Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.
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.
america discovered english-author
What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned 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
stupid math piano
Although I am not stupid, the mathematical side of my brain is like dumb notes upon a damaged piano.