I Think The Terror Most People Are

You Have To Come Up In The World Before It's Worthwhile For Those Worth Less To Put You Down.

Drinking More Often Brings Out The Best In The Good Than The Worst In The Bad.

The Palm Is A Joint For Sadists To Entertain Masochists.

If I Owned Any Of These Hot New Issues That Have Doubled, Tripled, Quintupled Or Umptupled Within Days And In Some Cases Hours After They Were Issued, I Most Certainly Would Grab My Fabulous Windfall, Thank My Lucky Stars And Invest The Money. It's Utter Nonsense To Think Any Newly Issued Stock Is Really Worth Two, Ten Or 20 Times The [offering] Price.... A Management So Stupid As To Sell Shares [cheap], And An Underwriter So Obtuse As Not To Discern The Real Value, Together Would Provide Reason Enough For A Sensible Man To Get Rid Of His Shares.

Several Weeks Of Summer Vacation In The Thirties I Spent Working At $15 A Week In The Forbes Office.... I Worked In The Mail Cage, Where Envelopes Were Slit And Subscription Payments Extracted. Dad Used To Come Pounding Down The Office Aisle And Pause Long Enough To Ask, How Much Today? Inevitably The Answer Was Inadequate-except Once. That Day The Controller Said Excitedly, Mr. Forbes, The Ledger Shows A Slight Profit This Month! ... My Father Turned To Him And Said, Young Man, I Don't Give A Damn What Your Books Show. Do We Have Any Money In The Bank?