One who never asks either knows everything or nothing. Malcolm Forbes More Quotes by Malcolm Forbes More Quotes From Malcolm Forbes When profit is unshared, it's less likely to grow greater. Malcolm Forbes profitgreatergrows 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? Malcolm Forbes dadsummerfather A winner must first know what losing's like. Malcolm Forbes losingwinningfirsts After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners. Malcolm Forbes rootswinningheart The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em. Malcolm Forbes emsopinionmen The hardest work of all - doing nothing. Malcolm Forbes doing-nothinghardestwork An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short. Malcolm Forbes chief-executivesmatterlong Hopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes. Malcolm Forbes saying-nohopelessshould The top people of the biggest companies are, surprisingly, often the nicest ones in their company I'm not sure, though, if they got there because they were good guys or that they're now good guys because they can afford to be. Malcolm Forbes not-sureguypeople If you don't know what you want to do, it's harder to do it. Malcolm Forbes sunscreenharderwant For corporations to be bedfellows with the arts is good business for both. The architecture that houses a company is a more visible statement than the president's in the annual report. Ditto interiors, particularly of offices and sometimes, dramatically, in plants. For solvent businesses, support of community cultural undertakings in music, drama, dance creates great goodwill. Also, the existence of such activities is often important to the executives and their families that companies want to keep or attract to keep. Malcolm Forbes officedramaart Meanness demeans the demeaner far more than the demeaned. Malcolm Forbes meannessanger It is a damned sight easier to start wars than to end them. This truth has been stated for as long and as often as it has been ignored. High time and thank God, we are at least moving toward de-escalation in Vietnam. The road to extrication will be long, painful, bitter. But it must be trod. We are so bogged down in Vietnam that we cannot respond effectively anywhere else in the world to a military power play except through atomic bombardment. Malcolm Forbes militarywarmoving Men who never get carried away should be. Malcolm Forbes Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always make you less than you are. Malcolm Forbes If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues' initials on 'em, and pass them along. When in doubt, route. Malcolm Forbes Too many people overvalue what they are, and undervalue what they are not. Malcolm Forbes When in doubt, duck. Malcolm Forbes You can judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing to them or for them. Malcolm Forbes Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes emptypurposemindeducation
