Author: J. Paul Getty

Quotes

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

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

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?

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

I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.

I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.

- J. Paul Getty

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

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

- J. Paul Getty

I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

- J. Paul Getty

The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.

The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.

- J. Paul Getty

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

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

- J. Paul Getty

I buy when other people are selling.

I buy when other people are selling.

- J. Paul Getty

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

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

- J. Paul Getty

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