Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworthwas an American writer and prominent socialite. She was the oldest child of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth12 February 1884
CountryUnited States of America
Alice Roosevelt Longworth quotes about
souffle
You can't make souffle rise twice.
souffle
You can't make a souffle rise twice.
people lines hens
People in Washington seem as hypnotized by precedence as though they were hens with their beaks on a chalk line.
nice thinking ifs
If you can't think of anything nice to say, come sit here beside me.
wish looks pickles
[Remark about Calvin Coolidge she says was erroneously attributed to her:] I do wish he did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle.
luck ifs
If you have nothing good to say about anyone, come and sit with me.
nice magnolias social-graces
If YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE..COME SIT BY ME.
sleep tired three
I live by three rules: I eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired and scratch when I itch.
memorable pickles looks
He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.
successful men towns
[On Washington, D.C.:] a town of successful men and the women they married before they were successful.
say-anything ifs
If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.
fathers-day wedding baby
My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.
men differences numbers
... [woman suffrage] has made little difference beyond doubling the number of voters. There is no woman's vote as such. They divide up just about as men do.
independence age wells
I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist … Well, a show-off anyway.