J. Paul Getty Quotes

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

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In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.

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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'.

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Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.

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Ah'm sorry your Queen has to pay taxes. She's not a wealthy woman.

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What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.

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Ability and achievement are bona fides no one dares question, no matter how unconventional the man who presents them.

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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.

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Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.

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If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.

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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

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The best form of charity I know is the art of meeting a payroll.

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In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.

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The meek shall inherit the earth but not the mineral rights.

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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

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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.

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You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.

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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

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Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

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