Rose Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
Countess Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedywas an American philanthropist and socialite. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish Catholic community in Boston, where her father was mayor. She was the wife of businessman and investor Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., who was United States Ambassador to the Court of St James's. Their nine children included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. She was the sixth American woman to be granted the title of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1890
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world.
No one will ever feel sorry for me.
I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.
My father was a great innovator in public life, but when it came to raising his daughters, no one could have been more conservative.
I am just an old-fashioned girl.
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.
The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
I don't think you're much good, unless you're doing good to someone.
I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity - a very challenging and exciting thought for a mother.
More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.
I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.