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.“
• "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?“
• "There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.“
• "Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.“

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