Clarence Walker Barron Quotes
What is an individual? Just a bit of life shot off from the one Life in the universe-just a bit of love and truth dropped on this globe, just as the globe itself was once a bit of light and heat dropped from the sun.
Forbes, B. C., editor. The Forbes Scrapbook of Thoughts on the Business of Life. Forbes Inc., 1950, p. 184.
President Kennedy was known for his personal activity at all levels of the State Department. Particularly exasperated at one point, he asked the assistant secretary what was wrong with the department.
Clarence W. Barron is one of the most influential figures in the history of Dow Jones & Company. As a career newsman described as a "short, rotund powerhouse", he died holding the posts of president of Dow Jones and de facto manager of The Wall Street Journal. He is considered the founder of modern financial journalism.