WIST Quotations

Forbes, Malcolm -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Forbes, Malcolm -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Forbes, Malcolm -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Forbes, Malcolm -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:40:51 +0000

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Quoted in Earl Wilson, "Coco Offered Fatty Arbuckle Role," Hartford Courant (6 Aug 1972); earliest reference found for Forbes. A variant is found in The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm (1978): “You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.”

The earliest version of the sentiment appears to be Paul Eldridge.

Forbes, Malcolm -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:58:10 +0000

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

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Forbes, Malcolm -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:55:24 +0000

A bore: Someone who persists in holding to his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
(Attributed)

Quoted in Ted Goodman, ed., The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (1997).

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm: The Capitalist’s Handbook, “More Definitions” (1978)

Dave — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:36:57 +0000

Sure things seldom are.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm: The Capitalist’s Handbook, “More Definitions” (1978)

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm (1978)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm (1978)

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Arrived” (1978)

Dave — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 04:03:26 +0000

To be agreeable while disagreeing — that’s an art.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Arrived” (1978)

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Fact and Comment” (1978)

Dave — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:40:32 +0000

Repeating mistakes is more likely than profiting from them.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Fact and Comment” (1978)

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Simple Truths” (1978)

Dave — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:22:37 +0000

The difference between men and boys
Is the price of their toys.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “Simple Truths” (1978)

Also attributed to Liberace, J. T. Russell, Joyce Brothers, Mark Twain, Doris Rowland, and Dorothy Parker. The phrase can be found in this form in Millard Dale Baughman, Educator's Handbook of Stories, Quotes and Humor (1963), and in 1964 Senate testimony.

For a likely predecessor, see Franklin.

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “You Don’t Say?” (1978)

Dave — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:03:48 +0000

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chairman Malcolm, “You Don’t Say?” (1978)

Forbes, Malcolm -- The Sayings of Chariman Malcolm, “Nobody’s Capitalist Fool” (1978)

Dave — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:49:48 +0000

“Money isn’t everything,” — according to those who have it.

Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American billionaire
The Sayings of Chariman Malcolm, “Nobody’s Capitalist Fool” (1978)