B.C. Forbes Quotes

Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations.

Unconsciously I had discovered the commentator's secret weapon-that so long as you can wield words, it isn't necessary to know what you're talking about.

When looking back, usually I'm more sorry for the things I didn't do than for the things I shouldn't have done.

If the shoe fits you're lucky.

As you get older, don't slow down. Speed up. There's less time left!

All work and no play makes jack. With enough jack, Jack needn't be a dull boy.

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.

Jealousy is an inner consciousness of one's own inferiority. It is a mental cancer.

To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.

Many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. Youthfulness of spirit is the twin brother of optimism... Resist growing up!

Consensus is something you have if you cannot have agreement.

Let's be cautious about relying so much on material things that we have no energy left for the spiritual aspects of our lives.

People are not going to reelect Barack Obama. But will the new president govern as a real conservative? We're going to have to apply the heat to make sure.

Retirement kills more people than hard work ever did.

There are more fakers in business than in jail.

The best buy by way of management is brains-at any price.

There's no way to move without making waves.

The most basic law of economics?that one cannot get something for nothing.

Money isn't everything as long as you have enough.

The smart ones ask when they don't know. And, sometimes, when they do.

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

You have no idea how big the other fellow's troubles are.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues initials on them and pass them along. When in doubt, route.

Let your children go if you want to keep them.

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through.

Those who talk loudly are rarely listened to.

The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.

Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

To seduce most anyone, ask for and listen to his opinion.

The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.

Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.

Old age is not for sissies.

it is a curious fact that camels walk more quickly and straighter to the sound of singing.

Give naught, get same. Give much, get same.

Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Most oldsters are fascinated by the Future, while the young love to look back to earlier days, especially their own.

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.

Things there are no solution to: Inflation, bureaucracy & dandruff.

I would suggest that a feminism which does not also seek to alter the exploitation of poorer women is not feminism at all, but is simply a variant form of upper-class politics and self-privileging.

And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.

There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going.

The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values

It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass within miles. It is the essence of the untrodden, untarnished earth herself!

We'd all like to be taken for what we'd like to be.

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others.