NANCY ASTOR

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

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

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

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

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

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

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

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.

My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel without fear.

I am a Virginian, so naturally I am a politician.

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

Obviously, I can’t say that the best man won, but the best policy did.

I married beneath me—all women do.

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

We have all the mistakes of one-sex legislation.

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

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

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

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

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.

Drink promises you everything, but gives nothing.

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

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying ?