Quotes by

Paul Getty

Rhetoric and dialectics cant change what I have learned from observation and experience. – Paul Getty

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

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

I have never been given to envy – save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily. – 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. – Paul Getty

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

I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life. – Paul Getty

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. – Paul Getty

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

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