67 Quotes by Margot Asquith

the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.

Stafford Cripps has a brilliant mind, until he makes it up.

The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends

Although I am not stupid, the mathematical side of my brain is like dumb notes upon a damaged piano.

The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

I have no face, only two profiles clapped together.

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.