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

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

Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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

Five wives can't all be wrong.
Paul Getty

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

How does one measure the success of a museum?
Paul Getty

I am - and have always been - a Methodist.
Paul Getty

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


I can afford to say what I wish.
Paul Getty

I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Paul Getty

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

I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put.
Paul Getty

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

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.
Paul Getty

I've never been one to bet on the weather.
Paul Getty

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