America has had a fascination with the Kennedy clan for some time now. We’ve watched them laugh, run for political office, die, cry, die, drive women to a watery death and then run away, overdose, buy smack in Harlem, get away with rape and crash an airplane and die for over four decades now. And through it all they’ve never shut up. And so now for your Kennedy reading pleasure we offer you some uplifting, witty and unfloundering thoughts from a family that was based on a bootlegger’s riches. Here are the Kennedy’s...
...On Lunch:
I’ll have a turkey and cheese sandwich on white bread with mayo. And I’ll also have a cup of chowder.
—John F. Kennedy. Ordering lunch from the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1963.
A double scotch. And keep ‘em coming.
—Teddy Kennedy. Lunching at O’Malley’s bar, Washington, D.C., February 19, 1984.
That was good soup!
—John F. Kennedy, Jr. Giving the chef his compliments at the Gotham Bar and Grill, New York City, March 22, 1995.
Give me a Whopper and a large order of fries. And I’ll have a Coke with that.
—Patrick Kennedy. Ordering at a Burger King in Boston, MA., June 19, 1991.
...On Being Sick:
I don’t feel very well.
—John F. Kennedy. Complaining about the flu to Jackie, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1962.
Could you get me a couple of aspirin please?
—Robert F. Kennedy. Asking his wife Ethel for some aspirin while campaigning in Nashville Tennessee, April 25, 1968.
Ah...Ah...Ahchoo!
—Caroline Kennedy, Sneezing, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1963.
Oooh, my neck is so sore!
—Rose F. Kennedy. Suffering from a stiff neck, Boston, MA, October, 13, 1959.
...On Mary Jo Kopechne:
...On Going to the Bathroom:
I have to go to the bathroom. I’ll be back in a few minutes.
—John F. Kennedy. Explaining to Lyndon B. Johnson and his brother Robert in the Oval Office that he had to go to the bathroom, Washington, D.C., September 12, 1962.
Now it’s my turn.
—Robert F. Kennedy. When his brother John returned to the Oval Office after going to the bathroom, Washington, D.C., September 12, 1962.
I gotta take a leak. Have a fresh scotch waiting for me by the time I get back.
—Teddy Kennedy. Lunching at O’Malley’s bar, Washington, D.C., March 16, 1985.