List of J. Paul Getty Quotes

Money Is Like Manure, You Don't Have To Spread It Around, You Can Just Sell It To Potash Corp As Fertilizer.

Oil Is Like A Wild Animal. Whoever Captures It Has It.

The Beauty One Can Find In Art Is One Of The Pitifully Few Real And Lasting Products Of Human Endeavour. The Beauty Endures. A Work Of Art Lives...through The Generations And Centuries.

If You Can Actually Count Your Money, Then You're Not A Rich Man.

There May Be Some Substitute For Hard Facts, But If There Is, I Have No Idea What It Can Be.

Some Of Our Newspapers And Magazines Are More Concerned With The Welfare Of Their Advertisers Than They Are With The Dissemination Of News And The Discussion Of Matters Of Lasting Importance. ...radio, Television, Motion Pictures, Popular Books - All Contribute...to...the Stifling Of Dissent On All But The Most Banal Levels. ...a Renunciation Of The Most Basic And Precious Of Democratic Principles.

I Find All This Money A Considerable Burden.

I Have No Complex About Wealth. I Have Worked Very Hard For My Money; Producing Things People Need.

....remember, A Billion Dollars Isn't Worth What It Used To Be.

To Build Wealth Today, You Must Be In Your Own Business.

Wealth Is Only A Benefit Of The Game Of Money. If You Win, The Money Will Be There.

...americans...automatically Equate Dissension With Disloyalty. They View Any Criticism Of Our Existing Social, Economic, And Political Forms, As Sedition And Subversion. ...(" The Growing Reluctance Of Americans To Criticize, And Their Increasing Tendency To Condemn Those Who, In Ever Dwindling Numbers, Will Still Voice Dissent") Is Disturbing, Deplorable, And Truly Dangerous.