Drinking Quote by Nancy Astor the Viscountess Astor

“Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister? [The answer she gave to Churchill when he asked about what disguise he should wear to a…

— Nancy 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

“(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

“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

After a heated argument on some trivial matter Nancy [Astor] . shouted, If I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee!…

— John F. Akers

Lady Astor: If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Winston Churchill: Madam, if I were your husband, I'd drink it!

— Psyche_Zeroh

Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a…

— Nigel Rees

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.

— Anonymous

“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

“When he smelled battle afar off, Winston Churchill resembled the war horse in Job who turned not back from the sword, but ‘paweth in…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“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

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

— Loretta Chase