Rose Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
Countess Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedywas an American philanthropist and socialite. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish Catholic community in Boston, where her father was mayor. She was the wife of businessman and investor Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., who was United States Ambassador to the Court of St James's. Their nine children included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. She was the sixth American woman to be granted the title of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1890
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.
Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?
I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved.
The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.
No one will ever feel sorry for me.
I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.
It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.
What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter?
In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.
There can be no really pervasive system of oppression, such as that in the United States, without the consent of the oppressed
Sedentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.
There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear.
I 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.