Famous quotes containing the words eleanor roosevelt, roosevelt, lady, united and/or states:
“You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“and you said
that I looked almost like
a puritan lady and what
I remember best is that
the door to your room was
the door to mine.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Falling in love with a United States Senator is a splendid ordeal. One is nestled snugly into the bosom of power but also placed squarely in the hazardous path of exposure.”
—Barbara Howar (b. 1934)
“Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)