The Residence Quotes

“The Elms was the Johnsons’ Washington, D.C., mansion and it was equipped with a shower like nothing the staff had ever seen: water charging out of multiple nozzles in every direction with needlelike intensity and a hugely powerful force. One nozzle was pointed directly at the president’s penis, which he nicknamed “Jumbo.” Another shot right up his rear.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Bush, Barbara. Barbara Bush: A Memoir. New York: Scribner, 1994. Bush, Laura. Spoken from the Heart. New York: Scribner,”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“President Carter’s three adult sons spent plenty of time at the White House during his presidency. Florist Ronn Payne, who started at the White House during the Nixon administration and left under Clinton, said he had to do more than freshen the floral arrangements in the Carters’ sons’ rooms on the third floor. “I would regularly have to move bongs,” he said. (The unabashed pot-smoking in the president’s house was confirmed by another member of the household staff on the condition of anonymity.) If any of the Carter sons were found with the illegal drug on the street they would have been arrested, but they smoked inside the White House without fear of any repercussions. President”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“But most accounts agree that the residence workers’ devotion to President George H. W. Bush was more than customary—it was genuine, almost profound. The Bushes were generally easy to please, and the residence workers found themselves quickly at ease with them.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Working for the Clintons took the biggest physical toll on the perfectionist chef. They hosted twenty-nine state dinners during their time in the White House,”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“The Clintons spent roughly $400,000 redecorating the White House, all financed by private donations. But the effort raised some eyebrows, both within and outside the mansion.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“The greatest responsibility is your children. If my children turned out badly, I'd feel that nothing I had done was worthwhile.
Jacki Kennedy”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“I am happiest when I am alone.-Jackie Kennedy”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.-Jacki Kennedy”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“There are two kinds of women -those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.-Jackie Kennedy”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Its 132 rooms, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators are spread across the 6 floors—plus 2 hidden mezzanine levels—all tucked within what appears to be a three-story building. The”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Wead, Doug. All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America’s First Families. New York: Atria Books, 2003. Weidenfeld, Sheila Rabb. First Lady’s Lady: With the Fords at the White House. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979. West, J. B., with Mary Lynn Kotz. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies. New York: Warner Books, 1973. Whitcomb, John, and Claire Whitcomb. Real Life at the White House: 200 Years of Daily Life at America’s Most Famous Residence. New York: Routledge, 2002. Index The pagination of this electronic edition does not match the edition from which it was created.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Scheib, Walter, and Andrew Friedman. White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Parks, Lillian Rogers, with Frances SpatzLeighton. My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House. New York: Ishi Press International, 1961.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Mesnier, Roland with Christian Malard. All the President’s Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White House. Paris: Flammarion, SA, 2006.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Faulkner, Claire. “Ushers and Stewards Since 1800.” White House History: At Work in the White House: Journal of the White House Historical Association 26 (2009).”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Fields, Alonzo. My 21 Years in the White House. New York: Crest Books, 1961. Gibbs, Nancy, and Michael Duffy, The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012).”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Carpenter, Liz. Ruffles and Flourishes. New York: Doubleday, 1970.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Bruce, Preston. From the Door of the White House. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, a division of William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1984. Bryant, Traphes”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Baldrige, Letitia. A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome. New York: Viking Penguin, 2001.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“worked at the White House”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“told the head usher. She could not understand why the maids and butlers were so quiet around her. She worried that they didn’t like her. She soon found”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“He said when he got up in the middle of the night he ran into the bathroom door. But we’re pretty sure she clocked him with a book. —RESIDENCE WORKER ON LIFE IN THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE DURING THE MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL T”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Yet the very thing that the staff most pride themselves on—their ability to fade into the background—can also be dehumanizing.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

“Chief Electrician Bill Cliber, who worked on nine transitions, said that the Clintons’ arrival was by far the most difficult.”
― Kate Andersen Brower, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House