Paul Getty Quotes

16 quotes in 195 categories

• The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
• My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.
• The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
• You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
• Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.
• Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
• Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
• Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.
• During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.
• My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
• My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.
• There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
• What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.
• Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
• Five wives can't all be wrong.
• I've never been one to bet on the weather.

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