J Paul Getty quotes

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

" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. " # Experience # Change # Enemies

" No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or get rich in business by being a conformist. " # Success # Business # Money

" To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. " # Knowledge # Success # Business

" I buy when other people are selling. " # Business

" The meek shall inherit the earth, but not its mineral rights. " # Inheritance # Humility # Libraries

" If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. " # Money # Riches # Wealth

" 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? " # Work # Time and Time Management # Love

" 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. " # Excellence # Economy and Economics # Writers and Writing

" The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. 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. " # Habit # Freedom # Power