There’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
ROSE KENNEDYThere’s nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
ROSE KENNEDYNow I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.
ROSE KENNEDYI would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.
ROSE KENNEDYI have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?
ROSE KENNEDYIt is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
ROSE KENNEDYI am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.
ROSE KENNEDYMy father had extravagant notions of my beauty, grace, wit, and charm.
ROSE KENNEDYLife isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments.
ROSE KENNEDYI am just an old-fashioned girl.
ROSE KENNEDYI have had quite an interesting life. My husband was quite successful in the movies, and we went out frequently with Gloria Swanson and other stars.
ROSE KENNEDYMoney is never to be squandered or spent ostentatiously. Some of the greatest people in history have lived lives of the greatest simplicity.
ROSE KENNEDYMake sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night’s sleep, and you can’t settle anything until morning anyway.
ROSE KENNEDYThere can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed.
ROSE KENNEDYI tell myself that God gave my children many gifts – spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back – length of life.
ROSE KENNEDYMoney doesn’t give you any license to relax. It gives you an opportunity to use all your abilities, free of financial worries, to go forward, and to use your superior advantages and talents to help others.
ROSE KENNEDYProsperity tries the fortunate; adversity the great.
ROSE KENNEDY