SM is an abbreviation of both stock market and sadomasochism-- and there are those who think they are one and the same.
Malcolm ForbesHopeless cases: Executives who assert themselves by saying No when they should say Yes.
Malcolm ForbesIt is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
Malcolm ForbesIf you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere.
Malcolm ForbesThe biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
Malcolm ForbesSeveral 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