Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s.
Paul Getty

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

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

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
Paul Getty

My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.
Paul Getty

Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
Paul Getty

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
Paul Getty

Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.
Paul Getty

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

The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services.
Paul Getty

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
Paul Getty

The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
Paul Getty

There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.
Paul Getty

There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
Paul Getty

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.
Paul Getty

Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
Paul Getty

You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
Paul Getty

You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
Paul Getty