Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, CH (1879–1964) was an American-born socialite who made a second marriage to Waldorf Astor as a young woman in England. After he succeeded to the peerage and entered the House of Lords, she entered politics, in 1919 winning his former seat and becoming the first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons. Her first husband was an American, Robert Gould Shaw II, and they divorced. She served in Parliament as a representative of the Conservative Party for Plymouth Sutton until 1945, when she was persuaded to step down.
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I married beneath me. All women do.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Marriage, Women
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer—into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Education
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Aging, Age
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on woman.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Blame
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on woman.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Women, Blame, Health
Dreams are great. When they disappear you may still be there, but you will have ceased to live.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Dreams
A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Anxiety, Fear
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.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Age
One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Alcohol, Drunkenness, Alcoholism
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything or nothing.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Change
Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Men & Women, Men, Women
The penalty of success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
The only thing I like about rich people is their money.
—Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
Topics: Wealth
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