Nancy Astor
Nancy Astor
Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, CHwas the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 May 1879
peace people
People who talk about peace are very often the most quarrelsome.
getting-older want able
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.
strong-women half too-much
We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know
coffee wife poison
If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee,
lonely may pioneers
Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
groups prisoner wanted
[To a group of women prisoners:] You're luckier than I am. You're wanted and I'm not.
blood blue aristocracy
Anyone's blood can become blue for a lump sum down.
funny children age
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.
success women bores-you
The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
years age want
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
sex believe civilization
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.
common-humanity common-sense world
The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.
funny women firsts
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
strong-women world safe
Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.