--- title: "3 Sean Iddings Quotes" description: "Sean Iddings has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sean-iddings-82652.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Sean Iddings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sean-iddings-82652.jpg) # Sean Iddings **3** quotes in **6** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Sean Iddings > [“We went to look at Southwest Airlines in the U.S. It was like the road to Damascus. This was the way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-iddings/we-went-to-look-at-southwest-airlines-in-the-u-s-it-was-like-the-road/) [Sean Iddings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-iddings/) [Holy grail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-grail/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/sean-iddings-82652_holy-grail_we-went-to-look-at-southwest-airlines-in_147962.jpg) > [“If you ever hear the words conventional and wisdom conjoined, reject them. Because if it is conventional, it isn’t wisdom. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-iddings/if-you-ever-hear-the-words-conventional-and-wisdom-conjoined-reject/) [Sean Iddings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-iddings/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/sean-iddings-82652_business_if-you-ever-hear-the-words-conventional_1340828.jpg) > [“Herb met client Rollin King, an entrepreneur who had been running a third-level charter airline doing short-haul routes out of Twin Beaches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-iddings/herb-met-client-rollin-king-an-entrepreneur-who-had-been-running-a/) [Sean Iddings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-iddings/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/sean-iddings-82652_business_herb-met-client-rollin-king-an-entrepren_2596099.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-iddings/#itemlist", "name": "Sean Iddings Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We went to look at Southwest Airlines in the U.S. It was like the road to Damascus. This was the way to make Ryanair work. I met with Herb Kelleher. I passed out about midnight, and when I woke up again at about 3 a.m., Kelleher was still there, the *********, pouring himself another bourbon. 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