George Lorimer
George Horace Lorimer (October 6, 1867 – October 22, 1937) was an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. During his editorial reign, the Post rose from a circulation of several thousand to over a million. He is credited with promoting or discovering a large number of American writers, e.g. Jack London.
Lorimer was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the Rev. George C. Lorimer and Belle Burford Lorimer. He attended Moseley High School in Chicago, Colby College, and Yale University. In 1899 he became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post, and remained in charge until the last day of 1936, about a year before his death from throat cancer. He served also as vice president, president, and chairman of Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Post.
“It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.”
“Je dobré mať peniaze a veci, ktoré si za peniaze kúpite. Dobré je však občas skontrolovať, či ste nestratili veci, ktoré sa za peniaze kúpiť nedajú.”
“You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”