J. Paul Getty Zitate auf Englisch

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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.

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

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

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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.

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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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My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

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The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.

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Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

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

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

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

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

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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

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I can afford to say what I wish.

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A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

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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 can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

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In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

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I buy when other people are selling.

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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.

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

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Five wives can't all be wrong.

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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

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

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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

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How does one measure the success of a museum?

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My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

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My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

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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?

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I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.

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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.

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There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.

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

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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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