62 Quotes by Nancy Astor

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government.

The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity.

Women have got to make the world safe for men, since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

We women talk too much, but even then we don’t tell half what we know.

Drinking makes a person lose his inhibitions and give exhibitions.

One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don’t want to do them.

Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful, because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all.

It isn’t the common man at all who is important: it’s the uncommon man.