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Al Neuharth
12 quotes
“You have to ask yourself, What do I really want to do or be? Then make yourself this promise: I will not look over my shoulder; I will use whatever I have learned, but I will not dwell on the mistakes I have made. Whether you're seventeen, twenty-seven or sixty-seven, you bring experience to your new venture or adventure. If you draw from your own experience and use it as a guide, focus on today and not yesterday, your chances of success are greatly improved.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Courage Is a Three Letter Word (New York: Random House, 1986), p. 132
“The saddest people I know are those who have spent thirty or forty years working for the same employer doing something they almost like.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Courage Is a Three Letter Word (New York: Random House, 1986), p. 132
“In my book, an S.O.B. is someone who uses whatever tactics it takes to get the job done—to rise to the top.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Quotable Tycoon: An Irreverent Collection Of Brutally Honest And Inspirational Business Wisdom (Naperville: Sourcebooks, 2004), p. 86
“Only cream and S.O.B.s rise to the top.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Confessions of an S.O.B. (New York: Doubleday, 1989), p. 6
“Everyone should fail in a big way at least once before they’re forty. I don’t mean little disappointments, like screwing up an important assignment or quitting a good job or even getting fired from a normal job. It needs to be a big failure. You can only fail big if you take a big risk. The bigger you fail, the bigger you’re likely to succeed later.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Confessions of an S.O.B. (New York: Doubleday, 1989), p. 24
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Confessions of an S.O.B. (New York: Doubleday, 1989), p. 67
“Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when you’re thirsty. Sleep only when you’re tired. Screw only when you’re horny.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Confessions of an S.O.B. (New York: Doubleday, 1989), p. 288
“Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Confessions of an S.O.B. (New York: Doubleday, 1989), p. 358
“Life is a game and a gamble.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Free Spirit (Arlington: Newseum Books, 2000), p. 29
“Ideas are harder to promote than products or personalities.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Free Spirit (Arlington: Newseum Books, 2000), p. 48
“We in the media could help [the insurance situation] if we put in proper perspective long range hurricane forecasts that often are exaggerated and play into insurers’ hands.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Getting blown away," Florida Today, November 30, 2007
“I saw every day how many things can go wrong, but I also saw that somehow my mother prevailed. And she had her two sons to help her do that. When my brother was in eighth grade, he worked in a grocery store making a dollar or a dollar and a half a week. My first real job was a dollar a week in a butcher shop. Every dime or every dollar that the three of us brought in helped my mother hold this group of three people together, because her income was absolutely unpredictable. All she had when my father died was a small house that was paid for. I got to the point in grade school where I felt that I had to try anything—or everything—to succeed, and I learned to expect a lot of knocks, because I had seen my mother take them. I really think... that was my real education, what I learned at home in my early years.”
Al Neuharth (1924–2013) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Courage Is a Three Letter Word (New York: Random House, 1986), p. 125