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Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.
J. Paul Getty
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J. Paul Getty
Age: 83 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 1
Art Collector
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Jay Paul Getty
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Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.
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Some people find oil. Others don't.
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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
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....remember, a billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be.
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I have no complex about wealth. I have worked very hard for my money producing things people need.
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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavour. The beauty endures. A work of art lives...through the generations and centuries.
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Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.
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Once you have made it, you will understand that any business is limited in the challenges it offers. You will want and need other games to play, so you will look for other ventures to hold your interest.
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The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
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The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him-and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.
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There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.
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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 owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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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.
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A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.
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If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.
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There are no safeguards that can protect the emotional investor from himself.
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