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Quotes by Publisher

"If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route."

"If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

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"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

38

"It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history."

"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, American Publisher

History, Man, Prison

38

"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

38

"Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing."

"Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Faith, Truth, Confidence

38

"Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation."

"Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

Politics, Vocation

38

"People who never get carried away should be."

"People who never get carried away should be."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

38

"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

38

"I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place."

"I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

Change, Successful, Years

38

"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

38

"The true success is the person who invented himself."

"The true success is the person who invented himself."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

38

"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

38

"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

37

"You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door."

"You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Knowledge, Gods, Open

37

"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

37

"Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own."

"Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Imagination, Vision

37

"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

Lord Thomson of Fleet, Canadian Publisher

37

"Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted."

"Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

37

"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

37

"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

37

"Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us."

"Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Love, God, Deception, Myth

37

"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

37

"Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand."

"Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand."

Lord Northcliffe, British Publisher

Business, Profession

37

"These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of a horrible decline in the value of the home that has meant so much to them."

"These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of a horrible decline in the value of the home that has meant so much to them."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

Home, Dream, American, Day

37

"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

37

"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

37

"I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy."

"I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy."

Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian Publisher

37

"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

36

"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

36

"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

36

"As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!"

"As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!"

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Opportunity, May

36

"The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want."

"The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Purpose, First, Want

36

"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

36

"They see themselves as athletes and only athletes."

"They see themselves as athletes and only athletes."

John Murray, American Publisher

35

"Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards."

"Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards."

John Murray, American Publisher

Development, Will

35

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

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

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Education, Purpose, Mind, Open

35

"I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up."

"I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up."

Larry Flynt, American Publisher

35

"Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back in the shell."

"Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back in the shell."

Cass Canfield, American Publisher

People, Doctors, Nurses

35

"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

35

"Your real self - the "I am I" - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm."

"Your real self - the "I am I" - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Power, Land, Self

35

"It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass."

"It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass."

Robert Collier, American Publisher

Work, Thoughts, May

35

"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

34

"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

34

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

"To measure the man, measure his heart."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Heart, Man, Measure

34

"I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training."

"I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training."

Joseph Pulitzer, American Publisher

Man, Men, Character, Ability, Desire

34

"Presence is more than just being there."

"Presence is more than just being there."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

34

"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

34

"Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal."

"Philosophy is an attempt by man to find cause and effect. Religion has the same goal."

Al Goldstein, American Publisher

Religion, Goal, Cause, Effect

34

"Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality."

"Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality."

Rupert Murdoch, American Publisher

Quality, Thought, Reflection, Television

34

"A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books."

"A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books."

Tim O'Reilly, American Publisher

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