Nancy Astor Quotes

The first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on women.

Adam must have an Eve, to blame for what he has done.

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

When I was a boy if a girl got pregnant the shame was placed on her and the boy could get away.

Women blame men for their own singlehood.

Men expect too much, do too little.

In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's place is in the home!

Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.

I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.

The first thing to say about Eve is that she was a big improvement on the Adam design, or that Adam was an extremely misguided variation on the Eve design. (Consider testicles. Two concentrated nuclei of absolute vulnerability. Where? Dangling between the legs. I rest my case.)

Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.

I just think that people are complicated, both men and women. It happens that I write more about women.

I think feeling responsible for stuff that goes wrong is an inherent part of being female.

I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.

I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.

From a male perspective, you don't think about how much outward pressure and importance you put on how women look.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women; I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.

There are some professions that culturally and sociologically take a long time to change, and because of that, there's still sexism in comedy audiences. We shouldn't blame them: I do it too. A woman comes on, and I feel slightly anxious. I'm a woman in comedy, and I do that; I think everyone does.

Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.