Prime minister Quote by Nancy Astor

“Lady Astor was also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by…

— Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

“Nancy Astor: "Winston, you are a drunk!" Winston Churchill: "And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning." (Reported exchange…

— Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

“There was much talk about why the prime minister had brought back such a troublesome and unpredictable colleague, and the consensus was that he…

— Ken Follett

“Churchill drank twice what I did if you could believe the accounts and he had just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. I…

— Ernest Hemingway

“(Exchange with Winston Churchill) Churchill explains that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which…

— Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

You know the stories of a woman saying to Churchill, 'Sir, you're drunk,' and he said to her, 'And you're ugly, but in the…

— Thomas Howes

“Nancy Astor: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea." Winston Churchill: "Madame,i f you were my wife, I'd drink it!" (Exchange…

— Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

“I'm looking forward tomorrow to a peaceful Sunday spent in bed with Churchill's 'Life Of Marlborough'. Funny that he should be Prime Minister at…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

He took a long drink, then grimaced. “I do not have a drinking problem,” he announced, his voice needlessly loud. “I have a Churchillian…

— John Green

“If Lady Brentmor told the prime minister to jump off a bridge," Fiona had once remarked, "Wellington would meekly ask, 'Which one?”

— Loretta Chase

“Millard! Who's the prime minister?" "Winston Churchill," he said. "Have you gone daft?" "What's the capital of Burma?" "Lord, I've no idea. Rangoon?" "Good!…

— Ransom Riggs

Bessie Braddock: "Winston, you're drunk. Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober.

— Winston Churchill