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.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

I buy when other people are selling.

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

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

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

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

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.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.