24 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 on business

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
J. Paul Getty on business

I buy when other people are selling.
J. Paul Getty on business

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
J. Paul Getty on business

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
J. Paul Getty on business

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
J. Paul Getty on business

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
J. Paul Getty on change

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
J. Paul Getty on experience

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 on failure

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
J. Paul Getty on finance

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 on future

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
J. Paul Getty on leadership

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

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty on money

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

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
J. Paul Getty on money

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
J. Paul Getty on success

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
J. Paul Getty on success

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 on success

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 on work