Malcolm Forbes Quotes


When one seeks assurance, there's none from those who respond, Now, don't you worry about a thing. If you weren't worried, you wouldn't have asked. If you are concerned, it's nice to know that those you query are, too. I'll take a worrier any day over a platitudinous reassurer.


Citations

Forbes, Malcolm. The Further Sayings of Chairman Malcolm. Harper & Row, 1986, p. 53.

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  • Born: August 19, 1919
  • Died: February 24, 1990
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Publisher, Businessman

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.