A billion dollars is not what it used to be.
--J. Paul Getty
A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.
--J. Paul Getty
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
--J. Paul Getty
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
--J. Paul Getty
I buy when other people are selling.
--J. Paul Getty
I'd rather have one percent of the effort of a hundred men than one hundred percent of my own effort.
--J. Paul Getty
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
--J. Paul Getty
If you owe the bank a hundred dollars, that's your problem. If you owe the bank a hundred million dollars, that's the bank's problem.
--J. Paul Getty
In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.
--J. Paul Getty
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
--J. Paul Getty
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
--J. Paul Getty
Money isn't everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.
--J. Paul Getty
My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.'
--J. Paul Getty
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
--J. Paul Getty
People who don't respect money don't have any.
--J. Paul Getty
Some people find oil. Others don't.
--J. Paul Getty
The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
--J. Paul Getty
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
--J. Paul Getty
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
--J. Paul Getty
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
--J. Paul Getty
Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
--J. Paul Getty
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