J. Paul Getty

If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem.

J. Paul Getty

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.

J. Paul Getty

In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.

J. Paul Getty

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

J. Paul Getty

Money isn’t everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.

J. Paul Getty

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

J. Paul Getty

The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself. When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.

J. Paul Getty

The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and colleges.

J. Paul Getty

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

J. Paul Getty

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.

J. Paul Getty