Paul Getty Quotes

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

  Paul Getty

  Art, Real, Tragedy

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

  Paul Getty

  Art, Saws, Architecture

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• Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.

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  Nostalgia, Economy, Speculation

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• Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

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  Couple, Airplane, Rushing

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

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  Oxford, Careers, Used

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

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  Royal, Economy, Fortune

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

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  I Have Learned, Observation, Rhetoric

  "As I See it: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty". Book by Jean Paul Getty, Getty Publications, p. 106, 2003.

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• My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

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  Wealth, Economy, Subjects

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

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  Men, Brotherhood Of Man, Class

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

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  Cynical, Events, Way

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

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  Men, Emotional, Economy

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

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  Inability, Economy, Notorious

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• During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

  Paul Getty

  Friendship, Venture, Association

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• My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.

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  Status Symbol, Outstanding, Yacht

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