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.
The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
Oh Woman, come before us, before our eyes longing for beauty, and tired of the ugliness of civilization, come in simple tunics, letting us see the line and harmony of the body beneath, and dance for us. Dance us the sweetness of life. Give us again the sweetness and the beauty of the true dance, give us again the joy of seeing the simple unconscious pure body of a woman. Like a great call it has come, and women must hear it and answer it.
I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.
I believe in previous lives and the Museβand that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled into material being by their own imperative to be born, via the offices of those willing servants of discipline, imagination and inspiration whom we call artists.
The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself, I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone.
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