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
Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
Economists' unanimity that bad business is ahead is the most reassuring news possible. It's very unlikely that this will be the one time they're right.
It's never too late to learn.
Speculator: One who bought stocks that went down.
Noone's a leader if there are no followers..
At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one.
Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.
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.
The best vision is insight.
One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.
Presence is more than just being there.
Victory is sweetest when you've know defeat. Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. You pay for everything, even including speaking your mind (with or without one). Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.