Memorable Quotes from The Iron Lady 2011 MARGARET: "I love you so much but...I will never be one of those women Denis - who stays silent and pretty on the arm of her husband. Or remote and alone in the kitchen doing the washing up for that matter." DENIS: "We’ll get a help for that." MARGARET: "No - one’s life must matter, Denis. Beyond the cooking and the cleaning and the children, one’s life must mean more than that - I cannot die washing up a tea cup. I mean it Denis, say you understand." DENIS: "That’s why I want to marry you, my dear." MARGARET THATCHER: "Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become your character. And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny! What we think we become." MARGARET THATCHER: "It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone." AIREY NEAVE: "If you want to change this party, lead it. If you want to change the country, lead it." MARGARET THATCHER: "We will stand on principle... or we will not stand at all."