Alice Roosevelt Longworth
13 quotes
Biography
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth was an American writer, political activist, and socialite. She was the eldest child of United States president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice.
"I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches."
"He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle."
"The little man on the wedding cake."
"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. And scratch where it itches."
"I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development."
"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."
"My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening."
"If you can't say something good about someone sit right here by me."
"You can't make a souffle rise twice."
"My specialty is detached malevolence."
"You can't make souffle rise twice."