At the heart of any good business is a chief executive officer with one. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
An inadequate chief executive officer's time at the top is always too long no matter how short. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Can you understand why the Congress, most states and most cities refuse to pass legislation requiring the registration and licensing of any and all… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no challenge; there's… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
Why, just a couple of economic seasons ago, was idle cash considered an indication of bad management or lazy management? Because it meant that… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response… Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
Some people as a result of adversity are sadder, wiser, kinder, more human. Most of us are better, though, when things go better. Knowing… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
Security isn't securities. It's knowing that someone cares whether you are or cease to be. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
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 Forbes Copy Share
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
Compliment others on the virtues they have; and they're not half as pleased as being complimented for the ones they don't have. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
. . . the most difficult thing asked by our young is not our earnings but our ears. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share
