Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

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

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

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called "news") which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger number of people who are supposed to desire to share it.

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.