J. Paul Getty Quotes

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J. Paul Getty

Profession : Businessman

Birth : December 15, 1892

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

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You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.

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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.

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I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.

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The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.

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

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I can afford to say what I wish.

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I've never been one to bet on the weather.

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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

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You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.

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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.

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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.

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I am - and have always been - a Methodist.

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

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

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

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There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.

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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

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