31 Quotes by Alice Roosevelt Longworth

My specialty is detached malevolence.

I'm the only topless octogenarian in Washington.

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

He sprang from the grass roots of the country clubs of America.

Never trust a man who combs his hair straight from his left armpit.

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

I live by three rules: I eat when I’m hungry, sleep when I’m tired and scratch when I itch.

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

I’ve always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.