128 Quotes by J. Paul Getty

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

Money is like manure, you don't have to spread it around, you can just sell it to Potash Corp as fertilizer.

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.

You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth.

Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.

In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.

People who don't respect money don't have any.

Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.