Alice Roosevelt Longworth Quotes

People in Washington seem as hypnotized by precedence as though they were hens with their beaks on a chalk line.

You can't make a souffle rise twice.

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

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

I live by three rules: I eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired and scratch when I itch.

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.

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

[On Washington, D.C.:] a town of successful men and the women they married before they were successful.

... [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.

If you can't say anything 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.

If you can't think of anything nice to say, come sit here beside me.

If you can't say something nice about someone, come and sit right here next to me.

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

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

If YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE..COME SIT BY ME.

[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.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

My specialty is detached malevolence.

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

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

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