When I was 40, I used to wonder what people thought of me. Now I wonder what I think of them.
If you love to read, if you love nature and if you have a dog, you've got it made. - Brooke Astor
If you love to read, if you love nature and if you have a dog, you've got it made.
- Brooke Astor
If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or I'm not wearing my jewelry, then the people feel I'm talking down to them. Pe… - Brooke Astor
If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or I'm not wearing my jewelry, then the people feel I'm talking down to them. Pe…
Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around. - Brooke Astor
Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.
I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress. - Brooke Astor
I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.
I have to go around and ask people for money, of course, quite a lot. And it's quite an art to ask people for money. But I think that I have to ask t… - Brooke Astor
I have to go around and ask people for money, of course, quite a lot. And it's quite an art to ask people for money. But I think that I have to ask t…
Power is the ability to do good things for others. - Brooke Astor
Power is the ability to do good things for others.
When I was 40, I used to wonder what people thought of me. Now I wonder what I think of them. - Brooke Astor
No matter how horrid a person may appear on the surface, if you dig deeper, you will find some nice, unexpected little quality. - Brooke Astor
No matter how horrid a person may appear on the surface, if you dig deeper, you will find some nice, unexpected little quality.
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