Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Quotes

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Aristotle Onassis rescued me at a moment when my life was engulfed with shadows. He brought me into a world where one could find both happiness and love. We lived through many beautiful experiences together which cannot be forgotten, and for which I will be eternally grateful.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
To think that I very nearly didn't go... What if I'd been here — out riding in Virginia or somewhere — Thank God I went with him.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
There'd been the biggest motorcade from the airport. Hot. Wild. Like Mexico and Vienna. The sun was so strong in our faces. I couldn't put on sunglasses... Then we saw this tunnel ahead, I thought it would be cool in the tunnel, I thought if you were on the left the sun wouldn't get into your eyes...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
I loathe the French. There's not one French person I can think of except—maybe two very simple people. Maybe Boudin, who's so un-French. You know, they're really not very nice. They're all for themselves.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Every time we got off the plane that day, three times they gave me the yellow roses of Texas. But in Dallas they gave me red roses. I thought how funny, red roses — so all the seat was full of blood and red roses.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
If they're killing Kennedys, then my children are targets... I want to get out of this country.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor — you promote the book and the author.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
I will tell you one thing. They will never drag me out like a little old widow like they did Mrs. Wilson when President Wilson died. I will never be used that way.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis