The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him-and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.

— J. Paul Getty

J. Paul Getty Quotes

If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves.

— J. Paul Getty

There may be some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no idea what it can be.

— J. Paul Getty

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

— J. Paul Getty

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There are no safeguards that can protect the emotional investor from himself.

— J. Paul Getty

I have no complex about wealth. I have worked very hard for my money; producing things people need.

— J. Paul Getty

Some people find oil. Others don’t.

— J. Paul Getty

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

— J. Paul Getty

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

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