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
Malcolm Forbes quotes about
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.
The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do.
There are a handful of companies who understand all successful business operations come down to three basic principles; People---Product---Profit. Without top people, you cannot do much with the other two.
The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.
Failure is success if we learn from it.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
The best vision is insight.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Meaningful truths are never newly discovered; they're just uncovered anew.
On New York's Palm restaurant: Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.