Quotes from Alice Roosevelt Longworth

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America.

I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist … Well, a show-off anyway.

Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.

I do wish [Calvin Coolidge] did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.

Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

You can't make a souffle rise twice.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

If you have nothing good to say about anyone, come and sit with me.

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding, and the baby at every christening