Quotes by Walter Annenberg

• The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
• The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
• God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
• Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
• TV is like theater. You can't enjoy it without a program.
• I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.
• Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.
• Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
• When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.
• What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
• 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.
• Accomplish something every day of your life.
• Few things are as essential as education.
• Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
• Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.
• Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it.
• All I ever seek from good deeds is a measure of respect.
• Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.
• You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.
• I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.
• I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.
• I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.
• I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
• I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?
• In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.
• It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.
• Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
• The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
• Our blood will turn from red to blue, although our money is but new.
• It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.
• My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg.
• I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.
• My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.
• Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.
• Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.