Quotes by Sally Bedell Smith

Asked to explain how he became a war hero he (Kennedy) responded, It was involuntary. They think my boat.

Your Majesty, Im afraid everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong, said Major Sir Michael Parker, an impresario for royal events with an expertise in pyrotechnics. Oh good, what fun! she replied with a smile.

After American titan and presidential father Joseph P. Kennedy suffered a stroke that impacted one side of his body, guests pretended not to notice the impact. Jackie Kennedy, however, held the impacted hand and kissed the affected side of his face, facing his disability and giving him the courage to do so.

Jack Kennedy brought an intense concentration and a gently teasing humor to the dinner table, along with what Katherine Graham called his habit of vacuum cleaning your brain.