14 Quotes & Sayings By Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Roosevelt Longworth was born in New York City. Her family was a prominent one, with a long line of distinguished ancestors going back to the Revolutionary War. Alice's father, a Republican member of Congress, was a close friend of President Theodore Roosevelt. She attended two exclusive finishing schools, Miss Carrington's School for Girls and Bryn Mawr College Read more

At the age of twenty-two she married Nicholas Longworth, a lawyer and Congressman from Ohio. In 1905, she left him and the family home in Washington to attend Barnard College in New York City. Within two years, Alice had become one of the most famous women in America.

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody...
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If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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My specialty is detached malevolence. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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If you can't say something good about someone sit right here by me. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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You can't make souffle rise twice. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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You can't make a souffle rise twice. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Dorothy is the only woman in history who has had her menopause in public and made it pay. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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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