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"Man does not bring to God's altar the stuff of nature in itself, in its initial structure, but something he has made and molded out of nature for the nourishment and the inspiration of men."

"Man does not bring to God's altar the stuff of nature in itself, in its initial structure, but something he has made and molded out of nature for the nourishment and the inspiration of men."

Wilford O. Cross, American Publisher

Men, Nature, God, Inspiration

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"Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it."

"Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Authority, Responsibility

29

"Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there."

"Apple is in a position they've been in a lot of times before. They're like Moses showing the way to the promised land, but they don't actually go there."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

28

"Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment."

"Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Power, Desire, Fulfillment, Mind

28

"A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts."

"A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Thought, Fame, Man, Parents

27

"I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."

"I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably."

Hugh Hefner, American Publisher

27

"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself."

"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Time, People, Press, Will

26

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."

"Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

26

"Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars."

"Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

26

"You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own."

"You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

Decision-Making, Decisions

25

"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness."

"The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness."

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher

Race, Greatness, Shame, Skin, Symbol

25

"If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you."

"If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

25

"The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers."

"The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

Friendship, Love, English, Trying

24

"The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so."

"The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Nation, Nations

24

"Married life is an existence with bars around it."

"Married life is an existence with bars around it."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Life, Existence

24

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

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

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Life, Mistake, People, Living

24

"Any coalition has its troubles, as every married man knows."

"Any coalition has its troubles, as every married man knows."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

24

"I would rather have one article a day of this sort; and these ten or twenty lines might readily represent a whole day's hard work in the way of concentrated, intense thinking and revision, polish of style, weighing of words."

"I would rather have one article a day of this sort; and these ten or twenty lines might readily represent a whole day's hard work in the way of concentrated, intense thinking and revision, polish of style, weighing of words."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Work, Day, Hardwork, Style

24

"All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others."

"All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others."

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American Publisher

Mistake, Mistakes, Nations

24

"They see themselves as athletes and only athletes."

"They see themselves as athletes and only athletes."

John Murray, American Publisher

23

"The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment."

"The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment."

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American Publisher

Defence, Defense, First, Journalism, Military

23

"Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch."

"Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

Religion, Time, People, Idea

23

"Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your allies. The same process is going on today in Canada's much larger and growing industry."

"Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your allies. The same process is going on today in Canada's much larger and growing industry."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

War, Canada, Today, Weapons

23

"If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be."

"If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

23

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

23

"The rational mind of man is a shallow thing, a shore upon a continent of the irrational, wherein thin colonies of reason have settled amid a savage world."

"The rational mind of man is a shallow thing, a shore upon a continent of the irrational, wherein thin colonies of reason have settled amid a savage world."

Wilford O. Cross, American Publisher

Man, Mind, Reason, World

23

"Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance."

"Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Appreciation, Celebrity, Delusion, Importance, Self

23

"We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat."

"We journalists tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat."

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American Publisher

Care, Public, Will

22

"Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward."

"Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

22

"All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point."

"All motion is cyclic. It circulates to the limits of its possibilities and then returns to its starting point."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Cycle, Limits, Possibilities

22

"Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same."

"Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

22

"What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much."

"What's an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn't know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn't admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn't really know how much."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

22

"All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen."

"All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen."

John Murray, American Publisher

Money, Congress, Elections

22

"The only way marriage can work is if a man respects the woman and she is a thinking woman and he wants to work on the marriage."

"The only way marriage can work is if a man respects the woman and she is a thinking woman and he wants to work on the marriage."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Marriage, Work, Man, Thinking

22

"Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences."

"Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences."

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher

Man, Men, Consequences

22

"The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject."

"The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject."

Jon Wynne-Tyson, British Publisher

Banks, Facts, Memory

22

"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit."

"For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Habit, Months, New year

22

"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot."

"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot."

William Randolph Hearst, American Publisher

22

"News is so often a report of conflict, an account of problems, a thing of the day and even of the minute, that sometimes I think we make the background darker and the shadows deeper than they actually are."

"News is so often a report of conflict, an account of problems, a thing of the day and even of the minute, that sometimes I think we make the background darker and the shadows deeper than they actually are."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

Conflict, Day, News, Problems

22

"When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better."

"When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Thought, Hope, Comfort

21

"Pictures help you to form the mental mold."

"Pictures help you to form the mental mold."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

21

"Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar."

"Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar."

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American Publisher

News, Day, World

21

"Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time."

"Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Time, Being, Right

21

"Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now."

"Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now."

Hugh Hefner, American Publisher

21

"Presence is more than just being there."

"Presence is more than just being there."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

21

"Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands."

"Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Destruction, Islands, Result

21

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

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

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

21

"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light."

"Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Writing, Light, Will

21

"God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement."

"God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement."

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher

Nature, Genius, God, Eternity

21

"People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves."

"People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

People, Blame, Environment

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