Paul Getty famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Oxford #Careers #Used
There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
-- Paul Getty

#Royal #Economy #Fortune
My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.
-- Paul Getty

#Outstanding #Yacht #Symbols
My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.
-- Paul Getty

#Wealth #Economy #Subjects
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
Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience.
-- Paul Getty

#I Have Learned #Observation #Rhetoric
Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation.
-- Paul Getty

#Nostalgia #Economy #Idle
Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
-- Paul Getty

#Inability #Economy #Notorious
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

#Couple #Airplane #Rushing
You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
-- Paul Getty

#Men #Class #Hatred
The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
-- Paul Getty

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

#Men #Emotional #Economy

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