Retorts Quotes by Nancy Astor

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

— Nancy Astor

Jakie, is it my birthday or am I dying ?

— Nancy Astor

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

— Nancy Astor

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but…

— Nancy Astor

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

— Nancy Astor

“Am I dying, or is this my birthday?”

— Nancy Astor

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

— Nancy Astor

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

Drink promises you everything, but gives nothing.

— Nancy Astor

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

— Nancy Astor

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

— 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