Henry R. Luce

The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century.

Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future.

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.