Winston Churchill Lady Astor Quotes & Sayings

If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee," Lady Astor once famously remarked to Winston Churchill. "If I were married to you," he replied, "I'd drink it. — Anonymous

Mr. Churchill your drunk!"
Mr. Churchill: "And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly. — Winston Churchill

If I live - will you let me take a proper picture of you? No tongues sticking out, no middle fingers? — Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Balance your body for better results. A balanced body improves electrical communication to muscles and gets you stronger, faster. — Josh Bezoni

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. — Winston S. Churchill

Every job has parts of it that are a giant pain in the ass - whether you carry a penis or a purse. — Denis Leary

Unlike previous wars, our enemy now is a stateless network of religious extremists. They do not obey the laws of war, they hide among peaceful populations and launch surprise attacks on civilians. They have no armed forces per se, no territory or citizens to defend and no fear of dying during their attacks. Information is our primary weapon against this enemy, and intelligence gathered from captured operatives is perhaps the most effective means of preventing future attacks. — John Yoo

We admire predators - panthers, lions, tigers, even wolves. Maybe to be naturally thoughtful and hesitant to use violence is to be somehow second rate. To be in the middle of the social food chain. Especially if you're a man. This society thinks real men are violent. — Marge Piercy

Mathematicians had to accept the fact that systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom-untrammeled nature expressing itself in a turbulent waterfall or an unpredictable brain-required a phase space of infinite dimensions. But who could handle such a thing? It was a hydra, merciless and uncontrollable, and it was Landau's image for turbulence: infinite modes, infinite degrees of freedom, infinite dimensions. — James Gleick

Every child is so helpless - just to survive he has to be political, he has to accept whatsoever the parents are saying. — Rajneesh

The primary duty of every minister is to lead people into the "Promised Land. — Sunday Adelaja

Lady Astor was also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, "Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister?"
(Reported exchange with Winston Churchill) — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

My brain caught up to my emotions. He meant for Colt and Caine to take me drag racing? Oh, hell to the no. — Eden Connor

(Exchange with Winston Churchill)
Churchill explains that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which the Lady Astor retorted, "Sir, you are not handsome enough to have such fears". — Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

One might as well try to charge through a wall. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I have been in five Harry Potter films and never read a 'Harry Potter' book. If you are an actor, all you have is the script you are given. If you read the book, you might get disappointed about what's been left out. — Michael Gambon

The photographer does the world a great disservice when he leaves his camera at home. — Mark Denman

I reached out and wrapped both my arms around one of John's. "Promise me we'll never be like them, okay?" I asked, with a shudder, nodding at Seth and Farah. "Calling each other babe in that annoying way?"
"We could never be like those two," John said, leading me away after giving Seth one last stony-eyed glare. — Meg Cabot