J. Paul Getty
Quotes by 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
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
— J. Paul Getty
I buy when other people are selling.
— 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
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
— 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
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
— 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
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
— 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
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
— J. Paul Getty
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
— J. Paul Getty
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
— J. Paul Getty
If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
— 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