Shock absorber Quotes by Carol Thatcher

It's not always easy to make polite, lunchtime conversation with a mother who for decades has had international leaders and statesmen to engage with…

— Carol Thatcher

The idea that my mother would go around swearing after a personal setback is ridiculous.

— Carol Thatcher

I never had the opportunity to become high-handed, because I had to go on earning a living as a journalist. Unlike my brother, I…

— Carol Thatcher

One of my fondest memories is of our skiing trips. Mum's approach to the sport was methodical, doing all the manoeuvres correctly and carefully.

— Carol Thatcher

There is something about my mother that drives her critics slightly potty, so they resort to wild invention to get at her.

— Carol Thatcher

I studied law at university and wanted to go on a working holiday in Sydney. I got a job at the Sydney Morning Herald…

— Carol Thatcher

I never watch any movies or mini series regarding the Thatcher Years.

— Carol Thatcher

As far as 'The Crown' goes I think that it is irrelevant and ridiculous that I turn up at all!

— Carol Thatcher

Part of my dogsbody job during the 1983 election was choosing Mum's missile-proof clothes. They had to be disposable.

— Carol Thatcher

Reality hasn't really intervened in my mother's life since the seventies.

— Carol Thatcher

Dogs are more loyal. Cats are fickle.

— Carol Thatcher

All my childhood memories of my mother, is that of someone who was just superwoman, before the phrase was even invented.

— Carol Thatcher