Arthur Brisbane (1864–1936) American newspaper editor, writer, and real estate investor. A well-known American newspaper editor of the 20th century, he was the master of the big, blaring headline and the atrocity story.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Brisbane was the son of the social reformer Albert Brisbane (1809–90.) He studied in Europe, returned to America, and worked first on Charles A. Dana’s New York Sun and then on Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World.
In 1897 newspaper publisher, William Randolph Hearst made Brisbane the managing editor of The New York Journal. Brisbane led the Journal’s promotion of the Spanish-American War. His editorial column, “Today,” written from 1917 to the day of his death, was nationally syndicated, often as a front-page column.
Brisbane was also a speechwriter and orator. He coached many famous business people in public relations, including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John D. Rockefeller.
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A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Candor, Friendship
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Hard Work, Work, Success, Effort
Time is the one thing we possess. Our success depends upon the use of our time, and its by-product, the odd moment.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Time Management, Time
The electric unit, whatever it may be, but certainly infinitely “small,” may ultimately win man’s fight against his most deadly enemy, the invisible enemy.
—Arthur Brisbane
Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains. And the time that remains is time enough, if we will only stop the waste and the idle, useless regretting.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Time Management, Value of Time, Disappointment, Time, Regret, Remorse
Spinoza, greatest abstract philosopher, left his sister a bed and a small silver pen knife, no money, no land, no house, but his thought has taught the world’s greatest thinking men.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Poverty
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Solitude
The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can’t get out and those outside don’t want to get in.
—Arthur Brisbane
Topics: Death
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