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