J. Paul Getty Quotes
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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
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The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
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You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
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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 can afford to say what I wish.
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The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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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?
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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
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I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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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.
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During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.