“I have no complex about wealth. I have worked hard for my money producing things people need. I believe that the able industrial leader who creates wealth and employment is more worthy of historical notice than politicians or soldiers.”

“I have no complex about wealth. I have worked hard for my money producing things people need. I believe that the able industrial leader who creates wealth and employment is more worthy of historical notice than politicians or soldiers.”

“Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?”

“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. J.Paul Getty”

“The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.”

“How does one measure the success of a museum?”

“If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.”

“If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.”

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

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

“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.”