J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

J. Paul Getty
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
J. Paul Getty

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

I buy when other people are selling.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.

J. Paul Getty
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
J. Paul Getty

You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

J. Paul Getty
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
J. Paul Getty

I've never been one to bet on the weather.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.