Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbeswas an American entrepreneur most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as an avid promoter of capitalism and free market trade, and for an extravagant lifestyle, spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, art, motorcycles, and Fabergé eggs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 August 1919
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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If you don't watch your figure, you'll have more figure to watch.
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that management didn't have this money out at work ... Now look. Presto! A new fashion! Cash is back in! Denigrating liquidity has dropped quicker than hemlines. A management is now saluted if it has some cash, some liquidity, doesn't have to go to the money market at huge interest rates to get the wherewithal to keep going and growing. Along with Ben Franklin, my father and your father would understand and applaud this new economic fashion ....
The Palm is a joint for sadists to entertain masochists.
Those carried away by power are soon carried away.
Authority's for sharing only when the sharer is sure of his (or hers).
When those with ability at their job get to thinking they can't be done without, they're already on their way out.
When the joy of the job's gone, when it's no fun trying anymore, quit before you're fired.
Working at what you enjoy is far more important than what you're working at.
Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better.
The hardest time to tell: when to stop.
Where you're from only matters in relation to where you are.
If you do not know what you're doing stacked on his desk, a dozen colleagues Initially sticks with a large number of papers and pass them. In case of doubt, the way in.
All work and no play makes jack. With enough jack, Jack needn't be a dull boy.
Most oldsters are fascinated by the Future, while the young love to look back to earlier days, especially their own.