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There is no such thing as a strictly woman's problem. Any question affecting the welfare of society is a woman's problem. — Nancy Astor

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

Anyone's blood can become blue for a lump sum down. — Nancy Astor

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying? (Seeing all her children assembled at her bedside in her last illness.) — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. — Nancy Astor

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything ... or nothing. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

People who talk about peace are very often the most quarrelsome. — Nancy Astor

When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?" — Nancy Astor

Basic beauty lies in the way a woman walks; it is health and an attitude to life. — Nancy Astor

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity. — Nancy Astor

From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars. — Nancy Astor

Grass is growing on the Front Bench. — Nancy Astor

It isn't the common man at all who is important: it's the uncommon man. — Nancy Astor

I am sure that you will never end war with wars. — Nancy Astor

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

My vigour, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from. — Nancy Astor

I would rather commit adultery than drink a glass of beer. — Nancy Astor

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying ? — Nancy Astor

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

Nobody wants me as a Cabinet Minister and they are perfectly right. I am an agitator, not an administrator. — Nancy Astor

It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward. — Nancy Astor

I married beneath me. All women do. — Nancy Astor

I can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world
except a woman-governed world. — Nancy Astor

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. — Nancy Astor

Drinking makes a person lose his inhibitions and give exhibitions — Nancy Astor

Dreams are great. When they disappear you may still be there, but you will have ceased to live. — Nancy Astor

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

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. — Nancy Astor

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear. — Lady Nancy Astor

Drink promises you everything, but gives nothing ... — Nancy Astor

What would we say if men changed the length of their trousers every year? — Nancy Astor

If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee, — Nancy Astor

I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate. — Nancy Astor

One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

Am I dying, or is this my birthday? — Nancy Astor

Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink. — Nancy Astor

The only thing I like about rich people is their money. — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women. — Nancy Astor

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it. — Winston S. Churchill

I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate. — Nancy Astor

Women are young at politics, but they are old at suffering; soon they will learn that through politics they can prevent some kinds of suffering. — Nancy Astor

[To a group of women prisoners:] You're luckier than I am. You're wanted and I'm not. — Nancy Astor