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Quotes by Publisher

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

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

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Life, Existence

13

"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

13

"Give the people not hell, but hope and courage."

"Give the people not hell, but hope and courage."

John Murray, American Publisher

People, Courage, Hope, Hell

13

"Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance."

"Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Battle, First, Mind, Will

13

"Let your children go if you want to keep them."

"Let your children go if you want to keep them."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Family, Children, Want

13

"I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money."

"I buy newspapers to make money to buy more newspapers to make more money."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

Money, Newspapers

13

"It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it."

"It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

13

"I look askance at any movement which assists in making the peacemaker among nations merely a national warrior."

"I look askance at any movement which assists in making the peacemaker among nations merely a national warrior."

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American Publisher

Nation, Nations

13

"I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner."

"I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Man, Men, Being, Sexuality

13

"We often get blinded by the forms in which content is produced, rather than the job that the content does."

"We often get blinded by the forms in which content is produced, rather than the job that the content does."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

13

"One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind."

"One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"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

13

"There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there's just millions of voices and people want to be heard."

"There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to start a newspaper or start a magazine, there's just millions of voices and people want to be heard."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

People, Internet, Media, Now

12

"Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic."

"Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Work, Sex, Being, Canal

12

"One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires."

"One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

12

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Heart, Man, Measure

12

"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

12

"The network is opening up some amazing possibilities for us to reinvent content, reinvent collaboration."

"The network is opening up some amazing possibilities for us to reinvent content, reinvent collaboration."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

Collaboration, Content, Network, Possibilities

12

"So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress."

"So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress."

John Murray, American Publisher

Work, People, Congress, Living

12

"Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are."

"Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

12

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher

History, People, Knowledge, Culture

12

"In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe."

"In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Cause, Effect, Indifference, Reality

12

"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

12

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

"We 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

12

"I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free."

"I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free."

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican Publisher

12

"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

12

"There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off."

"There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Man, Men, Women, Ladies, Public

12

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

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

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Fact, Facts, Fiction, Old

12

"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

12

"I've got money so I'm a Conservative."

"I've got money so I'm a Conservative."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

Money, Conservative

12

"I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away."

"I keep attacking the villains, the know-nothings, the people who want to take our freedoms away."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

12

"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative."

"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Attitude, People, Negative, Positive

12

"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

12

"No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude."

"No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

Attitude, Travel, English, Language

12

"Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life."

"Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Life, Force, Public, Publicity

12

"For if the Germans do not help defend the West, American and Canadian troops must cross the seas to do the job, and I venture to believe that the troops - if not the statesmen - regard this as an interference at least in their own domestic affairs."

"For if the Germans do not help defend the West, American and Canadian troops must cross the seas to do the job, and I venture to believe that the troops - if not the statesmen - regard this as an interference at least in their own domestic affairs."

Arthur H. Sulzberger, American Publisher

American, Help, Job, Troops

12

"Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in."

"Make your mold. The best flux in the world will not make a usable shape unless you have a mold to pour it in."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

12

"Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all."

"Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Leadership, Planning, Thinking

12

"Just because I publish pornography does not mean that I am not concerned about the social ills that all of us are."

"Just because I publish pornography does not mean that I am not concerned about the social ills that all of us are."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

Media, Pornography

12

"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

12

"The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations."

"The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Power, Future, Generations, Will

11

"An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible."

"An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible."

Alfred A. Knopf, American Publisher

Man, Obvious, States

11

"The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure."

"The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure."

Hugh Hefner, American Publisher

Life, Idea, Man

11

"Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service."

"Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Opportunity, Lies, Right, Service

11

"Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create!"

"Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create!"

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Work, Thought, Dream, Fact

11

"I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really matter to me are not on my PC. And so they're going to be able to extract less of a monopoly rent, so to speak."

"I think that Microsoft will increasingly feel margin pressure from Linux as well as people saying: well actually the applications that really matter to me are not on my PC. And so they're going to be able to extract less of a monopoly rent, so to speak."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

People, Linux, Pressure, Will

11

"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

11

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