Wendell Johnson

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Sometimes our idea of luxuries are our client’s ideas of necessities. You might think having a helicopter pad in the back garden, 20 housekeepers and two tennis coaches is over the top. But for them it’s like you buying a sandwich.

When I am old, weather-worn, and grey, I want to fill my lungs with your perfume and hear your laughter echo through our home as we dance alone in our living room, drunk off wine, still madly in love.

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.

I would rather be healthy alone, then sick with someone else.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say what is and what is definitely not possible.

Take the high road, there’s a lot less traffic up there.

America is one of the few places in the world where a poorperson can still be obese.

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.

To be a leader, you must stand for something, or you will fall for anything.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find how far one can go.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.