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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
Written by J. Paul Getty
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?
Written by J. Paul Getty
Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
Written by J. Paul Getty
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.
Written by J. Paul Getty
Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
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I buy when other people are selling.
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The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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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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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
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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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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.
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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.
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Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
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You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
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You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
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My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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I can afford to say what I wish.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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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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My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.
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I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.
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I've never been one to bet on the weather.
Written by J. Paul Getty

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