Malcolm Forbes Quotes

Your wardrobe should complement your skill set, never detract - or distract - from your assets.

My women students openly admit that they dress for interviews like dates, hoping to look their best: makeup, high heels, a well-fitting suit that shows off their figure. And I always tell them to make sure to wear a shirt under the suit jacket. Form fitting, yes. Cleavage, no.

If I went to a regular job, if I was a secretary or something, I'd want to look good. I'd dress up for that part.

Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd look like a person to be taken seriously, instead of a pretty little twit.

We're in a business where we need to look good. That is what people come to see. You have to take care of yourself.

Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

Hair matters. This is a life lesson Wellesley and Yale Law School failed to instil. Your hair will send significant messages to those around you.

Being on camera, you have a responsibility to look good. If you don't, you'll hear about it.

I've really tried to learn the art of clothes, because you don't sell for what you're worth unless you look good.

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

Dress for the story that you’d like to have people know about you before you even open your mouth.

Never confuse looking your best with doing your best.

People always expect Hulk Hogan to be standing up straight, or to have the bandanna on, or to not have my arms covered up. If I have an extra large shirt on people go 'oh yeah you look small.' It kind of ruins the mystique.

I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.

The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.

If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.

Working from home or going on maternity leave is no excuse to let go of your look. The more you schlep around in drawstring pants and tees, the less you're going to be able to pull yourself together when necessary.

Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.

The transitional period is tough. You can find yourself too old to play high school roles but too young to play the leading man. You have to be quite smart about how you present yourself. Your public image reflects your range.

I dress in my 'uniform,' or my own dress code, which reflects my personal method and work ethic. My belief is that my plain T-shirt - I have about 40 of them - or blue sweater helps focus others' attention on me and on what I say.

When I met people they said, 'You do look like a hobo, but you smell really good.'

I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got to... dress to impress.

Always look nice because you never know who you'll run into that you have to leave an impression on.

I always liked to put on a tie. The more you look like an executive, the better treated you are. It catches people by surprise.