Author Profile
J. Paul Getty
1892 – 1976 • American • Businessman
56
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 56 quotesIn Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.— J. Paul Getty
The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.— 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.— J. Paul Getty
Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.— J. Paul Getty
I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.— J. Paul Getty
Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.— J. Paul Getty
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
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.— 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