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Alice Roosevelt Longworth

writer, autobiographer, socialite

1884  – 1980

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth III, a Republican Party leader and the 38th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah.

All Quotes by Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“The little man on the wedding cake.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“I valued my independence from an early age and was always something of a individualist … Well, a show-off anyway.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“You can't make a souffle rise twice.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
“I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.”
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth