Top 180 Malcolm S. Forbes Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “A Tax Loophole: A deduction that the other guy gets.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

102. “Those who act as if they know more than their boss seldom do.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

103. “One thing that previous practice doesn’t always make perfect: Marriage.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

104. “How to get taken: Spend most of your time making sure you’re not.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

105. “How in heck are they handling their surplus population in Hell these days? Maybe by the time you and I are in the queue there won’t be room for us.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

106. “What advertising dum-dum signed up Ilie Nastase to sell a resort?! Who’d want to go where he’s at?”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

107. “Isn’t it fortunate how selective our recollections usually are.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

108. “A gun in the hand is worth any number being tested.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

109. “The only unforgivable sin: Being unforgiving.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

110. “When looking back, usually I’m more sorry for the things I didn’t do than for the things I shouldn’t have done.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

111. “A man can’t do more than he can – but he can at least do that much.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

112. “To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

113. “The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

114. “Noone’s a leader if there are no followers...”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

115. “How to fail: Try too hard.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

116. “There’s no way to move without making waves.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

117. “Re raising kids: Love, without discipline, isn’t.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

118. “If you’re looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

119. “In business, there’s such a thing as an invaluable person, but no such thing as an indispensable one.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

120. “To seduce most anyone, ask for and listen to his opinion.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

121. “You can’t fool the mirror-what you see is what you are.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

122. “If you do not know what you’re doing stacked on his desk, a dozen colleagues Initially sticks with a large number of papers and pass them. In case of doubt, the way in.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

123. “When the joy of the job’s gone, when it’s no fun trying anymore, quit before you’re fired.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

124. “Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don’t reach desired destinations.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

125. “Where you’re from only matters in relation to where you are.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

126. “Once in a while there’s wisdom in recognizing that the Boss is.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

127. “Once you’ve given advice to someone, you’re obligated.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

128. “When you catch what you’re after, it’s gone.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

129. “People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

130. “Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

131. “It’s always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

132. “It is unfortunate we can’t buy many business executives for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

133. “In the long run, a short cut seldom is.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

134. “By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

135. “If you never budge, don’t expect a push.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

136. “If you want understanding try giving some.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

137. “Security isn’t securities. It’s knowing that someone cares whether you are or cease to be.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

138. “It’s never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

139. “The hardest time to tell: when to stop.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

140. “Speculator: One who bought stocks that went down.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

141. “Accepting blame when it’s not really due sometimes makes the point better.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

142. “A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

143. “Thinkers perish, thoughts don’t.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

144. “Elected leaders who forget how they got there won’t the next time.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

145. “It’s great to arrive, but the trip’s most always most of the fun.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

146. “There is just no way any management with any intelligence and foresight cannot recognize the value of a corporate image. It is the best, single marketable investment that a company can make.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

147. “Over the years, I’ve evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it’s worth going through the whole to get there.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

148. “If the shoe fits you’re lucky.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

149. “Scientists ofttimes have the greatest faith in a higher power. The more they dig into, establish facts and figures, the more they marvel about the mystery of it all.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes

150. “It doesn’t take much of a rule to measure a mean man.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes