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“Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.”

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Malcolm Forbes was an accomplished publisher, best known for his leadership of Forbes magazine, a globally renowned business and finance publication. Under his tenure, Forbes magazine was transformed into a global brand. more

“As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do justice to others. There is plenty for everybody in science, and more than can be consumed in our time. One may get a fair name by suppressing references, but the Jewish maxim is true, 'He who seeks a name loses fame.'”

Way Giving May Self Science Names Loses Justice Fame Fairs Credit Dues Best Way Plenty Our Time Maxims Assured Consumed Publication Suppressing Giving Credit

Author:Edward Forbes

“Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.”

Writing Science Publication Brevity

Author:Rudolf Virchow

“I wrote a great deal during the next ten [early] years,but very little of any importance; there are not more than four or five papers which I can still remember with some satisfaction.”

Years Littles Stills I Can Remember Science Next Deals Five Four Ten Paper Importance Satisfaction Papers Publication

Author:G. H. Hardy

“Is the Scientific Paper a Fraud?”

Science Paper Fraud Publication

Book:The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science

Source: The Strange Case of the Spotted Mice and Other Classic Essays on Science

“Published papers may omit important steps and the memory of men of science, even the greatest, is sadly fallible.”

Men May Important Science Memories Steps Paper Papers Publication

Book:Science and Industry in the Nineteenth Century

Source: Science and Industry in the Nineteenth Century

“The man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now, and the only man who does not know how to say it.”

Knows Men Doe Science Know How He Man Publication

Author:James M. Barrie

“The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of Parliament. I take it that the aim of such books must be to convey exact thought in inexact language... he can never succeed without the co-operation of the reader.”

Humans Book Science Language Understanding Human Beings Reader Succeed Aim Operations Parliament Publication

Book:New Pathways in Science: Messenger Lectures (1934)

Source: New Pathways in Science: Messenger Lectures (1934)

“The very bulk of scientific publications is itself delusive. It is of very unequal value; a large proportion of it, possibly as much as three-quarters, does not deserve to be published at all, and is only published for economic considerations which have nothing to do with the real interests of science.”

Doe Real Science Values Three Interest Economic Deserve Proportion Consideration Quarters Publication

Author:John Desmond Bernal

“The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.”

World Inspirational Mind Hands Action Success Peace Understanding Cutting Edges Uplifting Contemplation Cutting Edge Action Not Words

Author:Diane Arbus

“If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it.”

Ifs Inspirational Reality Attitude Law Of Attraction Expect Nothing

Author:Malcolm Forbes

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