Quotes from Brooke Astor

Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around.

If you love to read, if you love nature and if you have a dog, you've got it made.

'21' was the place, and you went down, and they opened the door. They had a little slit they'd look through, and then you'd murmur the password or whatever it was you had, showed a little ticket, and if they remembered who you were, you went in.

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

I love the Park. I like to walk on the East River, too, up at Gracie Square, but Central Park is my favorite part of the city.

I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.