-The night before their wedding, a party was held. One of Grace's friends arrived late and saw Coolidge standing very quietly in the corner alone. Knowing that she taught the deaf and dumb she said "Is that young man standing there by himself in the corner one of your pupils?"
-Coolidge recalled an incident about his days in the Massachusetts Senate which involved a senator from Boston who was highly insistent that a bill affecting his district should be called for a vote immediately. Coolidge told him he didn't think the bill was important enough in that rush hour and he didn't think he could do it. The senator then snapped at Coolidge angrily and said "You can go to hell" whereupon Coolidge retorted, "Senator, I've looked up the law on that and I don't have to go."
-A story told about Coolidge when he was Vice-President involved a young secretary who had come into his office to take dictation. Coolidge said: Miss Peck, you're a lovely young lady." She looked a little surprised, as if she didn't know what was coming next. Then he said "Yes, you're very attractive." She seemed to wonder if he was taking too much of an interest in her. Then he told her: "I'm telling you this young lady, to get you cheerful, because I'm going to make a few remarks about your punctuation!"
-Once in a while, Coolidge would press all the buttons on his desk, which made bells ring all over the White House, and have everybody come running for the fun of it.
-Probably the most frequently told story about Coolidge is the one where an important hostess told him why he had to talk to her: "You must talk to me Mr. Coolidge. I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you." Coolidge told her: "You lose."
-Coolidge recalled an incident about his days in the Massachusetts Senate which involved a senator from Boston who was highly insistent that a bill affecting his district should be called for a vote immediately. Coolidge told him he didn't think the bill was important enough in that rush hour and he didn't think he could do it. The senator then snapped at Coolidge angrily and said "You can go to hell" whereupon Coolidge retorted, "Senator, I've looked up the law on that and I don't have to go."
-A story told about Coolidge when he was Vice-President involved a young secretary who had come into his office to take dictation. Coolidge said: Miss Peck, you're a lovely young lady." She looked a little surprised, as if she didn't know what was coming next. Then he said "Yes, you're very attractive." She seemed to wonder if he was taking too much of an interest in her. Then he told her: "I'm telling you this young lady, to get you cheerful, because I'm going to make a few remarks about your punctuation!"
-Once in a while, Coolidge would press all the buttons on his desk, which made bells ring all over the White House, and have everybody come running for the fun of it.
-Probably the most frequently told story about Coolidge is the one where an important hostess told him why he had to talk to her: "You must talk to me Mr. Coolidge. I made a bet today that I could get more than two words out of you." Coolidge told her: "You lose."
