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
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.
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…
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…
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.
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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