27 Quotes by Sloan Wilson

A man who wants time to read and write lets the grass grow long.

That had been the trouble with him and Betsy: what with his brooding about the past and worrying about the future, there had never been any present at all.

O problema não era o fato de ele não mais acreditar no sonho; o problema era ele nem sequer achar sua improbabilidade interessante ou triste. Como um velho, preocupava-se com o passado e não com o futuro.

Um ato a mais de brutalidade não faria o mundo acabar. Mas eu não vou fazer isso. Não posso fazer nada pelo mundo, mas posso colocar minha própria vida em ordem.

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me.

You're not going to go far unless you're a workaholic.

The American middle class always wants to be upper class and is scared to death of being lower class. It's a highly mobile group of people. They're not like the people that want to be shopkeepers forever, have always been shopkeepers and want always to be shopkeepers. These people mostly are insulted by being called middle class.