None of my other investments give me the joy that autographs do because they make me feel that I am holding a piece of history in my hands.
Interpretation
Autographs hold personal value and historical significance, beyond mere financial worth.
In this quote, Malcolm Forbes expresses the profound joy that comes from collecting autographs, emphasizing their unique ability to connect the collector with history. Unlike traditional investments, autographs are treasured for their sentimental value and the stories they represent, making them a source of joy and pride for the collector.
In practice
During a presentation about the importance of preserving history, one could introduce this quote to illustrate the value of collectibles.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear.
If you talk to any filmmaker, and if you said to them, 'I guarantee you x amount of money per month for the rest of your life, and it's not a big amount of money, but I can also guarantee that you will work continually, you will get to make what you want to make,' any filmmaker on the planet will make that kind of deal. I would have made it.
As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
Retire? I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left
The novel I am constantly writing is always the same one, and it might be described as a variously sliced-up or torn-apart book of myself.
We, as film-makers, are privileged. We can make people cry or laugh. We can make them think and feel. It is a great privilege and a great responsibility.
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