My specialty is detached malevolence.

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.

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

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

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

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