Quotes by Malcolm Forbes

Malcolm Forbes

Malcolm Forbes

American businessman and publisher (Forbes Magazine)

Lived from: 1919 - 1990

Category: Business and entrepreneurs | Media Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 19 august 1919 Died: 24 february 1990

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  • Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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  • Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.
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  • Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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  • Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.
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  • Everybody has to be somebody to somebody to be anybody.
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  • Failure is success if we learn from it.
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  • 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.
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  • If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
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  • If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.
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  • If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.
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  • If you never budge, don't expect a push.
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  • It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.
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  • Let your children go if you want to keep them.
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  • Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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  • Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same.
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  • People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too.
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  • People who never get carried away should be.
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  • Presence is more than just being there.
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  • Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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  • The best vision is insight.
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What are the most famous quotes from Malcolm Forbes?

The two most famous quotes from Malcolm Forbes are:

  • "Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."
  • "Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time."

When did Malcolm Forbes live?

Malcolm Forbes was born in 1919 and died in the year 1990.