Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & 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.

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

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

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

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together. art

When you cease to dream you cease to live. dreams

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

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

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

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

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

The best vision is insight. best

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

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 other wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

3 other wisdom & wit from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 views from Winston Churchill

74 views from Winston Churchill