Quotes by Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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

“You can't make a souffle rise twice.”

“Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay.”

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

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

“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.”

“If you can't say something good about someone sit right here by me.”

“You can't make souffle rise twice.”

“I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.”

“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. Scratch where it itches.”

“I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.”

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

“The little man on the wedding cake.”

“If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.”

“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.”

“I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”