Malcolm Forbes Quotes

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American entrepreneur most prominently known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, founded by his father B. C. Forbes. He was known as an avid promoter of capitalism and free market, and for an extravagant lifestyle, spending on parties, travel, and his collection of homes, yachts, aircraft, art, motorcycles, and Fabergé eggs.



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✵ 19. August 1919 – 24. February 1990
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Malcolm Forbes Quotes

“Be Nice. Contrary to the cliché, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it.”

"How to Write a Business Letter" —an advertisement for International Paper Company (1979)
Context: Be Nice. Contrary to the cliché, genuinely nice guys most often finish first or very near it. I admit it's not easy when you've got a gripe. To be agreeable while disagreeing — that's an art.
Be natural — write the way you talk.

“Being right half the time beats being half-right all the time.”

As quoted in Clean Your House & Everything In It (1982) by Eugenia Chapman and Jill C. Major, p. 100

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