Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Malcolm Forbes Businessperson

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Aug 19, 1919
  • Died: Feb 24, 1990

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as a promoter of capitalism and for extravagant spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, art and Fabergé eggs.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. education

Failure is success if we learn from it. failure & success

Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful. success

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. art

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. education

The best vision is insight. best

The more sympathy you give, the less you need. sympathy

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. history

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. happiness

By the time we've made it, we've had it. time

When you cease to dream you cease to live. dreams

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. best

Christmas December 25, 2024

Christmas is the day that holds all time together. 6 other sayings from Alexander Smith

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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. 8 sayings from Stephen Leacock

8 sayings from Stephen Leacock

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin

96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin

Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. 9 quotes from Ethel Merman

9 quotes from Ethel Merman