J P Getty Quotes & Sayings

Either your understanding of the meaning of music is there from the beginning or it is not. — Gordon Getty

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

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

But I've consistently worked for 10 years. — Balthazar Getty

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different. — Balthazar Getty

sticks and stones might break your bones, but cement pays homage to tradition. — Estelle Getty

I think just the above things. I think I wanted to learn from both cultures. So, I think the music is a little more reflective of the ... Catholic culture but the theology, obviously, is much more Reformational. — Keith Getty

Blue grass was the outgrowth of Irish music. As a matter of fact a lot the tunes, a lot of the melodies and the jigs ... have different names but are actually the same tunes. — Keith Getty

If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves. — J. Paul Getty

Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock. — J. Paul Getty

My evanescent anarchistic tendencies are purely classical. I use the word anarchist in the sense in which it was understood by the ancient Greeks. They, of course, accepted the anarchist as a fairly respectable--if somewhat vehement--opponent of government encroachment on the individual's rights to think and act freely. It is in this sense that I glimpse myself as an anarchist--regretting the growth of government and the ever-increasing trend toward regulation and, worst of all, standardization of human activity. — J. Paul Getty

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. — J. Paul Getty

In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized. — J. Paul Getty

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. — J. Paul Getty

My father was so much more than an accomplished businessman. — Gordon Getty

Hearing the record and seeing the response is affirming that it was the right time and right choice. — Balthazar Getty

It's true that I tend to daydream. I'm the same person in business as I am in music: I can be distracted and absentminded. It's my style. — Gordon Getty

In the Eisenhower era, when earnings over $400,000 were subject to 91 percent taxes and the world was a smaller place, you could count the truly wealthy on one hand: Getty, Dupont, Mellon, Rockefeller, though even those fortunes were being dispersed to children as the old robber barons died off. — Michael Shnayerson

I've always loved the music ... My favorite kind of music is Christmas music and the only thing I love better music is my wife and daughters. So, hanging out with my wife and daughters and cuddling them will be pretty cool. — Keith Getty

Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. — J. Paul Getty

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. — J. Paul Getty

The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and colleges. — J. Paul Getty

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

How does one measure the success of a museum? — J. Paul Getty

You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth. — J. Paul Getty

Each year, tens of millions of museumgoers walk through the entrance of the Getty, or the Metropolitan or the Prado or the Hermitage, and never consider the possibility of having to arbitrate for themselves the authenticity of what they have come to see. — Peter Landesman

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. — J. Paul Getty

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. — Gordon Getty

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. — J. Paul Getty

Some of our newspapers and magazines are more concerned with the welfare of their advertisers than they are with the dissemination of news and the discussion of matters of lasting importance ... Radio, television, motion pictures, popular books - all contribute ... to ... the stifling of dissent on all but the most banal levels ... a renunciation of the most basic and precious of democratic principles. — J. Paul Getty