J. Paul Getty Quotes

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• I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.

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  Funny, Teamwork, Humorous

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• A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.

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  Men, Blame Someone, Blame

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• The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself. When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.

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  Business, Work, Retail

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• A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.

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  Lasting Relationship, Lasting, Ifs

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• In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

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  Change, Worst Enemy, Insightful

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• There is only one way to make a great deal of money; and that is in a business of your own.

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  Business, Way, Wealth

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• The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep

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  Sleep, Keys, Wealth

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• Money isn't everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.

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  Funny, Children, Wellness

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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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  Money, Funny Inspirational, Motivation

  "he Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing". Book by Pat Dorsey & ‎Joe Mansueto, p. 234, 2003.

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• Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing.

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  Money, Business, Successful

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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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  Business, Practice, Discipline

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• Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

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  Inspirational, Hard Work, Hard Times

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• In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.

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  Art, Opinion, Individual

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• Today's dissenters mainly focus their attention and expend their energies on the most inconsequential of trivia. ...Allegedly serious intellectuals quibble endlessly over such ridiculous trivialities...In the meantime, the public is lulled into a perilous somnolence, spoon-fed pap, and palpable untruths, many of which are turned out by special-interest and pressure groups and well organized propaganda machines.

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  Dark, Pressure Groups, Focus

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• Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.

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  Business, Moving, Waiting

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• Build wealth as a by product of your business success. If wealth is your only objective in business, you will probably fail.

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  Business Success, Wealth, Failing

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• People who don't respect money don't have any.

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  Money, People

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• My father said, 'You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals'.

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  Inspirational, Money, Business

  "Making Sense of Business: A No-Nonsense Guide to Business Skills". Book by Alison Branagan, p. 136, 2009.

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• A sense of thrift is essential to success in business. The businessman must discipline himself to practice economy whenever possible, in his personal life as well as his business affairs.

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  Practice, Discipline, Business Success

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• The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.

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  Leadership, Wisdom, Business

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• Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

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  Money, Smell, Saving

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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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  Marriage, Regret, Hate

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• I would rather receive one percent of the income of 100 men, than 100% of the income of one man.

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  Men, Income, Percent

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• You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.

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  Stress, Overcoming Adversity, Tension

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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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  Oil, Up Early, Pay

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