“Scientists ofttimes have the greatest faith in a higher power. The more they dig into, establish facts and figures, the more they marvel about the mystery of it all.” FactsScienceMysteryFiguresHigherScientistHigher Power Author:Malcolm Forbes
“After the fact, our hearts always go out to the fallen Goliaths. Yet we invariably root for their Davids. Until they're winners.” HeartFactsWinningRootsWinnerFallenGoliath Author:Malcolm Forbes
“It ticks me no end when people get ticked off at those of us who comment audibly and in print on events and problems. That's what we're paid for. Why clutter up your mind with a bunch of facts that might inhibit the solve-ability of us who must express an opinion? After all, all the world cries out for a solution to its problems, and we supply them right and left. Come to think of it, it's we who should be giving our deplorers and detractors the blast; because 99% of the time they don't do as we say.” PeopleThinkingWorldGivingShouldWritingMindEndsFactsProblemMightLeftAbilityOpinionEventsCrySolutionsPaidSolveBunchPrintCommentBlastClutterTick Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Experts kill me. Economic experts, that is. Corporations, foundations, publications and governments pay them by the bucketful, and they fill buckets with forecasts that change more frequently than white-collar, workers do shirts. What Lies Ahead is the usual title. What Lies would often be more appropriate. If women's hemlines changed as rapidly as an economist's forecasts, the fashion people and the textile industry would be more profitable than any other. In fact, if all the country's economists were laid end to end, they still wouldn't reach a conclusion.” PeopleIfsStillsEndsCountryFactsGovernmentWould BeLyingWhitePayKnowledgeEconomicFashionChangedIndustryFoundationWorkersConclusionTitlesCorporationsShirtsExpertsAppropriateUsualEconomistKill MeProfitablePublicationCollarsBucketsOften IsForecastsWhite CollarTextiles Author:Malcolm Forbes
“The richest person in the world - in fact. All the riches in the world - couldn't provide you with anything like the endless, incredible loot available at your local library. You can measure the awareness, the breadth and the wisdom of a civilization, a nation, a people by the priority given to preserving these repositories of all that we are, all that we were, or will be.” PeopleWorldPersonsFactsGivenNationsAwarenessCivilizationLibraryIncrediblesAvailableRichesPrioritiesEndlessLocalsBreadth Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Crime in the city streets is more than a political issue. It's a too rampant fact.... In Indianapolis they have come up with a most sensible, affordable approach to the problem. Policemen are assigned their police patrol cars for personal use after hours. They are encouraged to use the police car while taking the family shopping, to the movies, and everywhere one takes one's family. As a result, says the Police Chief's assistant, we may have as many as 400 cars on the street instead of 100 or so per shift. [And] the presence of the police car obviously indicates the proximity of policemen.” MayFactsUseProblemPoliticalEvilHoursResultsCitiesIssuesStreetsCarCrimeApproachPoliceCome UpChiefsShoppingSensiblePolicemenAffordableAssistantsProximityPolitical IssuesCity StreetsAfter HoursIndianapolisPolice Cars Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections.” YearsFactsInspirationDealsFictionFiveFive YearsBusinessmanProjection Author:Malcolm Forbes
