Walter Annenberg

Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.

Few things are as essential as education.

I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.

Accomplish something every day of your life.

Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.

I didn’t want to be greedy. It’s a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.

Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.

All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.

TV is like theater. You can’t enjoy it without a program.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.

Carter’s done a lot more good since he’s been out of the White House than when he was in it.

Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

I’d heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?

My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.

I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.

Don’t worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

I didn’t feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.

I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.

Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.

People who think about art as an investment are pathetic.