J. Paul Getty Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
-
What goes for sex goes double for politics.
-
Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should be adopted and adhered to with fidelity.
-
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
-
I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
-
A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
-
There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
-
I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.
-
There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
-
I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
-
I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
-
I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
-
I like to have something to base a role on.
-
Friends are not made, but recognized.
-
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
-
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
-
You never know what life can hand you, but YOU have the choice and power to give back love and kindness in all you do and how you treat others.
-
Germany was very strict; there was this phrase ‘serious music’. But in New York, there was no barrier – people were only interested in whether music was wild and interesting and beautiful.
-
When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.
-
In love affairs, there is no mediator like a merry, simple-hearted child - ever ready to cement divided hearts, to span the unfriendly gulf of custom, to melt the ice of cold reserve, and overthrow the separating walls of dread formality and pride.
-
I love brunch. Brunch is my favorite meal.
-
My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.
