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My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman.
— Gordon Getty
Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.
— J. Paul Getty
A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
— J. Paul Getty
I do not think that music keeps evolving. It evolved through Bach; since then, in my humble opinion, all the innovations added nothing.
— Gordon Getty
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
— J. Paul Getty
The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
— Balthazar Getty
If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.
— Estelle Getty
The only time you'll see me as a Democrat is when I play Sophia. In the real world I'm a Republican from head to toe.
— Estelle 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.
— J. Paul Getty
Remember, a billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be.
— J. Paul Getty
The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and colleges.
— J. Paul Getty
My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
— Balthazar Getty
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
— J. Paul Getty
I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
— J. Paul Getty
Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
— 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
I am - and have always been - a Methodist.
— J. Paul Getty
I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put.
— J. Paul Getty
Too many of you, my friends, are dying. Now it's time for me to do my part and help you.
— Estelle Getty
My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.
— Balthazar Getty
Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.
— Balthazar Getty
I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
— J. Paul Getty
Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.
— J. Paul Getty
We live; we feel; we hurt. the world makes no exceptions.
— Balthazar Getty
I want to make the world better.
— Gordon Getty
In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
— J. Paul Getty
I had a very modest upbringing.
— Balthazar Getty
I think some people are on a mission to die, and I never was.
— Balthazar Getty
I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
— Balthazar Getty
My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
— J. Paul Getty
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
— J. Paul Getty
The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
— J. Paul Getty
I have no complex about wealth. I have worked very hard for my money; producing things people need.
— J. Paul Getty
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
— J. Paul Getty
I find all this money a considerable burden.
— J. Paul Getty
I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man.
— 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
Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.
— Balthazar 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
A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.
— J. Paul Getty
In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.
— J. Paul Getty
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
— 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
You can do anything you want to do.
— Estelle Getty
To build wealth today, you must be in your own business.
— J. Paul Getty
You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
— J. Paul Getty
There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.
— J. Paul Getty
Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.
— Gordon Getty
I see only adaptations - not revolutions.
— Gordon Getty
The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful.
— Gordon Getty
In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.
— J. Paul Getty
During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.
— J. Paul Getty
When you go in and do a cool, small character, it feels less like work and more like fun.
— Balthazar Getty
Money is like manure, you don't have to spread it around, you can just sell it to Potash Corp as fertilizer.
— J. Paul Getty
Because I'm such a studio guy, I really trust my process. I really believe in myself in the studio.
— Balthazar Getty
People who don't respect money don't have any.
— J. Paul Getty
Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.
— J. Paul Getty
I buy when other people are selling.
— J. Paul Getty
Life started getting good when I started making money.
— Balthazar Getty
The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
— J. Paul Getty
There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.
— J. Paul Getty
There is no change - I'm as deep or as shallow as I ever was. What's new is on-the-job experience. This is what you gain with years.
— Gordon Getty
What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.
— J. Paul Getty
Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
— J. Paul Getty
Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
— J. Paul Getty
I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
— Balthazar Getty
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
— J. Paul Getty
The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep
— J. Paul Getty
Five wives can't all be wrong.
— J. Paul Getty
How does one measure the success of a museum?
— J. Paul Getty
Build wealth as a by product of your business success. If wealth is your only objective in business, you will probably fail.
— J. Paul Getty
Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.
— Estelle Getty
Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not.
— Gordon Getty
There may be some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no idea what it can be.
— J. Paul Getty
My parents were hippies.
— Balthazar Getty
Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.
— Balthazar Getty
But I've consistently worked for 10 years.
— Balthazar Getty
My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
— J. Paul Getty