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
Nancy Astor quotes about
drinking giving exhibitions
Drinking makes a person lose his inhibitions and give exhibitions
attitude lying way
Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life.
husband drinking beer
Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink.
dream hope may
Dreams are great. When they disappear you may still be there, but you will have ceased to live.
my-birthday dying last-words
Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying ?
family dying my-birthday
When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?"
beer glasses alcohol
I would rather commit adultery than drink a glass of beer.
time educational drinking
One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
benches growing grass
Grass is growing on the Front Bench.
sisterhood men world
The only thing the women were after was just the chance to help the world on. But some men were so dreadfully afraid of them that they refused to understand, and talked about 'shrieking sisterhoods' and 'disappointed spinsters' and rubbish of that sort.
cabinets want ministers
Nobody wants me as a Cabinet Minister and they are perfectly right. I am an agitator, not an administrator.
drink good reason
One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
darned since unsafe women
Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
adam blame chance laid time women
The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.