Brooke Astor Quotes
Brooke Astor conveys a respectful, personal tone about dress, loss and a wonderful life.
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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.
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Money is like manure, it should be spread around.
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Today, we are all saddened by the loss of Brooke Astor, a quintessential New Yorker and one of the great philanthropists of our time. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were the beneficiaries of Mrs Astor's good will and kind nature, many unaware of the origins of the donations. Her contributions reached a wide variety of causes; The New York Public Library, and the entire city, would not be what they are today without her gracious support.
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I have lost my beloved mother, and New York and the world have lost a great lady. She was one of a kind in every way. Her tombstone will be inscribed with the words she specifically asked for: 'I had a wonderful life.'
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John Jacob Astor
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John Jacob Astor IV
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I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.
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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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Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.
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Power is the ability to do good things for others.
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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 them for money for the things that I'm interested in, and of course, money breeds money.
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If you love to read, if you love nature and if you have a dog, you've got it made.
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When I was 40, I used to wonder what people thought of me. Now I wonder what I think of them.
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'21' was the place, and you went down, and they opened the door. They had a little slit they'd look through, and then you'd murmur the password or whatever it was you had, showed a little ticket, and if they remembered who you were, you went in.
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I love the Park. I like to walk on the East River, too, up at Gracie Square, but Central Park is my favorite part of the city.