[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'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.
My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.
My specialty is detached malevolence. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
My specialty is detached malevolence.
I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.
If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.
He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America. - Alice Roosevelt Longworth
He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America.
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