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
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
men doors europe
[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!
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.