Quotes by 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.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

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

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

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

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

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

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

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.

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?