Quotes from Nancy Astor

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

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

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

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know.

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

We are not asking for superiority for we have always had that; all we ask is equality.

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.

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

I would be a socialist if I thought it would work.

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

It is no use blaming the men – we made them what they are – and now it is up to us to try and make ourselves – the makers of men – a little more responsible.

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

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

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