Quotes By Paul Getty

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

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

Five wives can't all be wrong.

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.

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

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

How does one measure the success of a museum?

Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.

I can afford to say what I wish.

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.

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.

Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.

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

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.

I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.

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

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.

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