J. Paul Getty Quotes

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability ...

How does one measure the success of a museum?

The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more econ...

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

There is obviously something wrong with our educational system. It is not beyond the realm of possib...

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's pr...

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

In some respects, a society in which the members reach a universal level in which they are anonymous...

It has always been my contention that an individual who can be relied upon to be himself and to be h...

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

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association ...

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking t...

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of t...

I buy when other people are selling.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my mi...

The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and...

In my own opinion, the average American's cultural shortcomings can be likened to those of the educa...

My evanescent anarchistic tendencies are purely classical. I use the word anarchist in the sense in ...

The majority is by no means omniscient just because it is the majority. In fact, I've found that the...

There is, however, hope for any person who wants to remain an individual. He can assert himself and ...

My formula for success is rise early work late and strike oil.