J. Paul Getty quotes

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. (J. Paul Getty)
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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
My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
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
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
J. Paul Getty
....remember, a billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be.
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
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
J. Paul Getty
A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
J. Paul Getty
If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. (J. Paul Getty)
The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
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
Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.
J. Paul Getty
Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing.
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
Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.
J. Paul Getty
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
J. Paul Getty
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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I buy when other people are selling.
J. Paul Getty
No one can pтossibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist. (J. Paul Getty)
There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.
J. Paul Getty
Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.
J. Paul Getty
I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
J. Paul Getty
The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself. When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.
J. Paul Getty