Wife Quotes by Nat Hentoff
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Hentoff’s ten‑plus observations blend insight with a touch of literary flair, offering a concise look at the nuances of partnership. The pieces are short but carry his characteristic depth.
![“[My wife] has some investments and stuff.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/475/nat-hentoff-1615_investing_my-wife-has-some-investments-and-stuff-2_2888889.jpg)
![“I met [my wife Margot] on Fire Island when I had a house there many years ago.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0cf/nat-hentoff-1615_fire_i-met-my-wife-margot-on-fire-island-when_491519.jpg)
![“The second wife [Trudi Bernstein] - the best part of that union, our two daughters, and that lasted about five years.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/306/nat-hentoff-1615_daughter_the-second-wife-trudi-bernstein-the-best_1509360.jpg)
![“[My wife Margot] was the - I guess, the coordinator or the production manager [of The Jazz Review], and we got to know each other and we married.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18d/nat-hentoff-1615_coordinator_my-wife-margot-was-the-i-guess-the-coord_104123.jpg)
![“I think one thing we share [with my wife] is a complete bottomless disdain for Bill Clinton.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1ca/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_i-think-one-thing-we-share-with-my-wife_2001623.jpg)
![“I wish [my wife] would [work] because - especially now the kind of - I mean, honesty is hardly the word. She writes with a ferocity of clarity that - nobody else around has now.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/012/nat-hentoff-1615_clarity_i-wish-my-wife-would-work-because-especi_340871.jpg)
![“When I approached one of his secretaries for an interview, I was told that Bob [Dylan] didn't want to see me anymore because of what my wife Margot [Hentoff] had written.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/56f/nat-hentoff-1615_bob_when-i-approached-one-of-his-secretaries_1405631.jpg)
![“I knew A.J. Muste very well. I tried for a while to be like he was, and that is a total pacifist. But then Margot [my wife] hit me hard in the stomach one day to prove to me that I wasn't as perfect a pacifist as I thought I was.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f7/nat-hentoff-1615_hard_i-knew-a-j-muste-very-well-i-tried-for-a_782398.jpg)
![“[Cardinal John O'Connor] had [my wife] Margot and me over for drinks a couple of times. That was something I never could have envisioned back when I was a kid in Boston, that a cardinal and I would be, if not breaking bread, at least breaking Scotch.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a81/nat-hentoff-1615_back-when_cardinal-john-o-connor-had-my-wife-margo_2956043.jpg)
![“[Margot Hentoff] thinks - first of all, she - this I hear from a lot of people beside her. She thinks that men have no business getting into this argument at all unless they're going to be pro-choice. But it turns out that a fair number of fetuses are male, and besides that, we are all one part of…” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/060/nat-hentoff-1615_argument_margot-hentoff-thinks-first-of-all-she-t_42891.jpg)
![“My chronology is terrible. [Work with William Shawn] must have some ago. It was after he was fired by Newhouse. After New - when Newhouse bought The New Yorker, he said in one of those grand press” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b15/nat-hentoff-1615_chronology_my-chronology-is-terrible-work-with-will_68342.jpg)
![“We disagree heavily on abortion [with Margot Hentoff].” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b48/nat-hentoff-1615_abortion_we-disagree-heavily-on-abortion-with-mar_70628.jpg)
![“[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c49/nat-hentoff-1615_believe_a-j-muste-was-he-i-don-t-know-what-he-fi_209477.jpg)
![“Margot [Hentoff] dislikes Bill Clinton because he's totally untrustworthy, and you really ought to have some faith in whoever's going to be your president.” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cc7/nat-hentoff-1615_bills_margot-hentoff-dislikes-bill-clinton-bec_218363.jpg)