Marjorie Merriweather Post Quotes

“Inspired by its views of both the Atlantic and Lake Worth, Marjorie planned to call her home Mar-A-Lago from the Latin, meaning 'from sea to lake.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“The estate Marjorie envisioned was to be erected in the middle of the seventeen-acre lot, which, when cleared of jungle growth, would be surrounded by great stretches of rolling lawn with views of Lake Worth and the Atlantic.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Remarkable as Mar-A-Lago was, the estate had created strains in Marjorie's marriage, which, coupled with her plea to buy the Birdseye company, were leading E.F. to disapprove of his wife's spending habits.

When acquaintances expressed their their fascination with his new Palm Beach home, the stockbroker often shrugged cynically. 'You know Marjorie said she was going to built a little cottage by the sea. Look what we got!" t h”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“When acquaintances expressed their fascination with his new Palm Beach home {Mar-A-Lago} , the stockbroker often shrugged cynically. 'You know Marjorie said she as going to build a little cottage by the sea. Look what we got!”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart , American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Like most well-built Russian homes, Spaso House had been 'furred in', built with an extra layer of wall between the exterior and interior to provide additional insulation against the cold.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“By 1937 Soviet standards, mementos of Russian history before the 1917 revolution were irrelevant. Even the suggestion that china, jewelry, or furniture created for the imperial palaces of the tsars was worth more than its weight in gold might be construed as anti-Soviet propaganda.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“The divorce was a blow to Marjorie's pride from which she would never fully recover. Despite her beauty, brains, and wealth, Marjorie never had a marriage that remained happy for very long.

Once, General Foods chairman Clare Francis asked her about them outright. 'Marjorie, you could run General Motors. you could run U.S. Steel. You're the smartest woman I know.But why do you have so much trouble with husbands?
'Clare, I honestly don't know. Ain't it hell?'Marjorie said and shrugged her shoulders.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post

“Life on the road, even for a worldly man like C. W. Post and his well-bred daughter, presented certain challenges. although he could order meals, fasten Marjorie's buttons, and make sure that she was properly dressed, C. W. could not fix her hair.”
― Nancy Rubin Stuart, American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post