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
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.
Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have.
The smart ones ask when they don't know. And, sometimes, when they do.
A big cigar in a young face requires the best of both.
How to fail: Try too hard.
It's much more profitable to sell investing advice than to follow it.
Too few accomplish twice as much as too many.
After 40, one's face begins to tell more than one's tongue.
Several weeks of summer vacation in the Thirties I spent working at $15 a week in the FORBES office.... I worked in the mail cage, where envelopes were slit and subscription payments extracted. Dad used to come pounding down the office aisle and pause long enough to ask, How much today? Inevitably the answer was inadequate-except once. That day the controller said excitedly, Mr. Forbes, the ledger shows a slight profit this month! ... My father turned to him and said, Young man, I don't give a damn what your books show. Do we have any money in the bank?
Looking the part helps get the chance to fill it. But if you fill the part, it matters not if you look it.
Once you've given advice to someone, you're obligated.
Some days are for living. Others are for getting through.
Listening to advice often accomplishes far more than heeding it.