Henry R. Luce Quotes

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

Business, Future, Exercise

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.
Henry R. Luce

Life, Time, Friends

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

Heart, Possible, Close

I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.
Henry R. Luce

Time, Great, Leave

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.
Henry R. Luce

Business, Nor, Journalism

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

Show, Illusions, Objective

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.
Henry R. Luce

Men, Poetry, Cannot

To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.
Henry R. Luce

Life, Show, Mission

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Editor

Born: April 3, 1898

Died: February 28, 1967

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