J. Paul Getty

The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

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

— J. Paul Getty

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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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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. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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